BDB7044
II. [צִי] noun masculine Jer 50:39 a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller (denominative from צִיָּה , so most), or crier, yelper (√ *צוה = [untranscribed source text 4506] [yelp, Dozy], BaNB 188, compare Ew§ 146 g, note); — in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified; BoHieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 4507] wild cat; — plural צִיִּים Isa 13:21 (feminine אִיִּים Isa 13:22), Isa 23:13; Isa 34:14 (+ אִיִּים), Jer 50:39 (id.; all betokening desolation); ׳ לְעַם לְצ Ps 74:14 (read ׳ לְעַם צ Hup-Now Bae); apparently of people Ps 72:9, but probably corrupt, Ol conjectures צָרִים (|| אֹיְבָיו), and so most moderns.