זִיז
zîyz · H2123 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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creatures of the field
Collective term covering a variety of wild animals that move freely in the open field
ExamplesPsalm 50:11 “I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
Psalm 80:13 A boar from the forest eats it away, And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
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nipple
Part of the breast of a female mammal from which milk can be secreted
ExamplesIsaiah 66:11 So that you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, So that you may drink fully and be delighted with her bountiful breasts.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׂדֶהfield, countryside 2
- כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- חַי chay · H2416 · alive, living, raw
- חַיָּה frequently denotes wild animals/beasts of the field and is used in overlapping contexts with זִיז (e.g., 'חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה' parallels the wild beast usage)
- בְּהֵמָה bᵉhêmâh · H929 · land animals, domestic animals, livestock
- בְּהֵמָה refers to beasts/animals, commonly denoting domestic animals but also used of wild creatures in some contexts, overlapping with זִיז in the broader semantic field of animate creatures.
In the other Testament 1 word
- θηρίον thēríon · G2342 · animal, quadruped
- θηρίον is the standard Greek equivalent for wild beasts/animals in the LXX, matching the 'wild beast' sense of זִיז attested in Psalm 50:11 and 80:13
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Wild Animals001001002001
- זִיז denotes a moving creature or wild beast, as God declares He knows every creature that moves in the field.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2123. ziyz I. זִיז noun masculinePsa 80:14 collective moving things (i.e. beasts)…
I. זִיז noun masculinePsa 80:14
collective moving things (i.e. beasts) (etymology & exact meaning still rather dubious, compare CheOP 472 and on Psa 50:11; Thes and others v זוז; De Psa 50:11 compare Assyrian zizânu, collective reptiles, DlS. 74 f. from a זִאזֵא compare move to and fro, agitate (compare זוע); others compare Assyrian zâzu, abundance see II. זוז, so even Di Isa 66:11; this hardly suits Psa 80:14; זִיזָא ᵑ7 worm); **on Assyrian zîzê, teats, see RFHarperAJSL xiv (1897-1898), 174. — only construct שָׂדַי זִיז Psa 50:11 the moving things of the field, as all known to ׳י (|| הָרִים עוֺף; also in Psa 50:10 חַיְתוֺיָֿ֑עַר, etc.); figurative of enemies of Israel Psa 80:14 (|| מִיָּ֑עַר חֲזִיר).
II. זִיז noun [masculine] abundance, fulness: only כְּבוֺדָהּ מִזִּיז Isa 66:11 that ye may suck out and be delighted, from the abundance of her glory (i.e. of Jerusalem) (so Di and others; > Checritical note, and OP 472 f. Brd (compare Ew 'Euter'), who compare vulgar Arabic zîza, udder (breast, teat); this suits verb תָּמֹצּוּ and || מִשֹּׁד וּשְׂבַעְתֶּם תִּינְקוּ, but is dubious in Hebrew, perhaps not Shemitic, see Dozyi. 619 a and references; also LagProph. Chald. who proposes, plausibly, מִבִּיזִ, compare Aramaic PS502, ביזא; Arabic pap).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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