BDB3628
[יָעֵן] noun [masculine] ostrich (i.e. voracious one ?); — only plural absolute ענים בַּמִּדְבָּר ׳ כ Lam 4:3 Kt ; Qr כַּיְעֵנִים.
Strong's Lexicon
H3283
H3283 — יָעֵן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3283 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָעֵן |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from the same as H3282 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ya`en |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-ane' |
| Meaning: | 1. the ostrich, a ceremonially unclean animal (probably named from its answering cry) |
| KJV Renderings: | ostrich. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB7978
רְנָנִים noun [masculine] plural bird of piercing cries, i.e. ostrich, according to ᵑ9 Bo Di and most, ׳ כְּנַף ר Job 39:13, but read probably יְעֵנִים Hoffm Bu Du (as Lam 4:3 Qr ), see [ יָעֵן ].
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke