יָעֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3283

ostrich — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

ostrich tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָעֵן: ostrich tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] ostrich (i.e. voracious one?)—only pl. abs. כי ענים בַּמִּדְבָּר La 4:3 Kt; Qr כַּיְעֵנִים.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ostriches (1).

In the verses

Lamentations 4:3 · tree →

גַּם־תַּנִּים֙ חָ֣לְצוּ שַׁ֔ד הֵינִ֖יקוּ גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן בַּת־עַמִּ֣י לְאַכְזָ֔ר כַּיְעֵנִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ס

Word for word: also jackals they.draw.out a.breast they.suckle cubs their the.daughter my.people my [has become].(into).cruel like (the) ostriches in the wilderness

JPS 1917: Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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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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