3284. yaanah
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yaanah: Ostrich

Original Word: יַעֲנָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: ya`anah
Pronunciation: yah-ah-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-an-aw')
KJV: + owl
NASB: ostriches, ostrich
Word Origin: [feminine of H3283 (יָעֵן - ostriches), and meaning the same]

1. an unclean bird, the owl or the ostrich
2. (literally) "daughter of the owl (or ostrich)"

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
owl

Feminine of ya'en, and meaning the same -- + owl.

see HEBREW ya'en

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
fem. of yaen
Definition
perhaps greed
NASB Translation
ostrich (2), ostriches (5), ostriches* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
יַעֲנָה noun feminine greed (?); — only in בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15; בְּנוֺתיַֿעֲנָה Micah 1:8 5t.; — ostrich, (see √ יען above); as wailing (simile of mourning) Micah 1:8 ("" תַּנִּים); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (׳יַעֲ ׳אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13 ("" תַּנִּים), Jeremiah 50:39; dwelling in desert Isaiah 43:20 ("" תַּנִּים); unclean fowl Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15.

Forms and Transliterations
הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה היענה יַֽעֲנָ֑ה יַֽעֲנָ֔ה יַעֲנָֽה׃ יענה יענה׃ haiyaaNah hay·ya·‘ă·nāh hayya‘ănāh ya‘ănāh ya·‘ă·nāh yaaNah
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Englishman's Concordance
Leviticus 11:16
HEB: וְאֵת֙ בַּ֣ת הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַתַּחְמָ֖ס
NAS: and the ostrich and the owl
INT: first and the ostrich and the owl and the sea

Deuteronomy 14:15
HEB: וְאֵת֙ בַּ֣ת הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַתַּחְמָ֖ס
NAS: and the ostrich, the owl,
INT: first and the ostrich the owl the sea

Job 30:29
HEB: וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃
INT: companion first owl

Isaiah 13:21
HEB: שָׁם֙ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים יְרַקְּדוּ־
NAS: of owls; Ostriches also will live
INT: there first Ostriches and shaggy will frolic

Isaiah 34:13
HEB: חָצִ֖יר לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃
NAS: [And] an abode of ostriches.
INT: an abode first of ostriches

Isaiah 43:20
HEB: תַּנִּ֖ים וּבְנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֑ה כִּֽי־ נָתַ֨תִּי
NAS: Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because
INT: the dragons first and the ostriches Because have given

Jeremiah 50:39
HEB: בָ֖הּ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־ תֵשֵׁ֥ב
NAS: with the jackals; The ostriches also will live
INT: will live first the ostriches will never be inhabited

Micah 1:8
HEB: וְאֵ֖בֶל כִּבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃
NAS: And a mourning like the ostriches.
INT: mourning first the ostriches

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3284
8 Occurrences


hay·ya·‘ă·nāh — 2 Occ.
ya·‘ă·nāh — 6 Occ.

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