תַּן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8565
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
jackal tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
תַּן²: et. jackal tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m. et.] f. La 4:3 jackal (so most; TrNHB 109 ff., 263 f. Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. Jackal; but wolf PostHast.DB; Dragon, cf. Che Is 13:22 and (rare) Arabic تِينَانٌ );—pl. תַּנִּים Mi 1:8 +, תַּנִּין La 4:3 (Ges§ 87 e), לְתַנּוֹת Mal 1:3 (si vera l.; 𝔊 Thes al. interpret = dwellings, Sta Now conjecturre נְאוֹת, Marti נָתַתִּי לְ);—jackal, howling mournfully in waste places, Mi 1:8; Jb 30:29 (both ‖ בְּנוֹת יַעֲנָה), Is 13:22 (‖ אִיִּים), in desert also 43:20 (‖ בְּנוֹת יַעֲנָה); deserted sites called מְעוֹן ת׳ Je 9:10; 10:22; 49:33; 51:37, נְוֵה ת׳ Is 34:13; 35:7, מְקוֹם ת׳ ψ 44:20, ת׳ מִדְבָּר Mal 1:3 (si vera l., but v. supra); ת׳ as snuffing up wind Je 14:6, giving suck La 4:3.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: jackals (7); of jackals (7).
In the verses
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.
כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
Word for word: (dm) you have.crushed.us in a.place of.jackals and you.have.covered over us with deep.darkness
JPS 1917: Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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