יַעֲנָה
yaʻănâh · H3284 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Thing
- Bath ya‘anahOwl8 verses
Meanings
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eagle owl
Exact meaning unknown; probably: a type of owl, large, standing over 75 centimeters (30 inches) tall; it has a pale fawn color, is spotted, has ear tufts, and is best known by its loud, deep hooting at night; it roosts by day in deep shade in acacia trees, caves, tombs, and ruined buildings; it feeds on small mammals, including hares, baby gazelles, lambs, rats and mice, and large roosting birds, especially wild and domestic ducks; Bubo bubo; unclean and therefore not to be eaten
ExamplesLeviticus 11:16 the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in its kind,
Deuteronomy 14:15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in their kinds,
Job 30:29 “I have become a brother to jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
8 occurrences in 1 groups
- בַּתdaughter 8
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 1 word
- קִפּוֹז qippôwz · H7091 · owl
- Hebrew term sometimes rendered as 'great owl' or similar nocturnal bird in unclean bird lists, though identification debated
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Birds001001002005
- יַעֲנָה pairs with 'daughter' to name the ostrich or a related desert bird, also listed among the unclean birds (Leviticus 11:16).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3284. yaanah יַעֲנָה noun feminine greed (?); — only in בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה Lev 11:16; Deu…
יַעֲנָה noun feminine greed (?); — only in בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה Lev 11:16; Deu 14:15; בְּנוֺתיַֿעֲנָה Mic 1:8 Mic 1:5t.; — ostrich, (see √ יען above); as wailing (simile of mourning) Mic 1:8 (|| תַּנִּים); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (לב וְרֵעַ לְתַנִּים הָיִיתִי ׳אָח ׳יַעֲ); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isa 13:21; Isa 34:13 (|| תַּנִּים), Jer 50:39; dwelling in desert Isa 43:20 (|| תַּנִּים); unclean fowl Lev 11:16; Deu 14:15.
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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