יַעֲנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3284

greed — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

greed tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַעֲנָה: n.f. greed tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. greed(?);—only in בַּת־הַיַּעֲנָה Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15; בְּנוֹת־יַעֲנָה Mi 1:8 + 5 times;—ostrich, (vid. √ יען supra); as wailing (sim. of mourning) Mi 1:8 (‖ תַּנִּים); symbol. of loneliness Jb 30:29 (אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב׳ יַעֲ׳); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Is 13:21; 34:13 (‖ תַּנִּים), Je 50:39; living in desert Is 43:20 (‖ תַּנִּים); unclean Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of an ostrich (6); the ostrich (2).

In the verses

Job 30:29 · tree →

אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

Word for word: a.brother I.have.become of jackals and a.companion of daughters of.an.ostrich

JPS 1917: I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Isaiah 13:21 · tree →

וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁ֣ם צִיִּ֔ים וּמָלְא֥וּ בָתֵּיהֶ֖ם אֹחִ֑ים וְשָׁ֤כְנוּ שָׁם֙ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים יְרַקְּדוּ־שָֽׁם׃

Word for word: and they.will.lie.down there desert-dwellers and they.will.be.full houses their jackals and they.will.dwell there daughters of.an.ostrich and goats they.will.leap.about there

JPS 1917: But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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