Strong's Lexicon

H6728

H6728 — צִּיִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtsiyiynoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1908

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6728
Word:צִּיִי
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from the same as H6723
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:tsiyiy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tsee-ee'
Meaning:1. a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
KJV Renderings:wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

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.


BDB7053

צִיּים, צִים see I, II. ׳ צִ. צִין proper name [of a location]see צִן


צִינֹק see צנק . צִיעֹר see צער .


ציף see II. צוּף . I. צִיץ צִיצָה v, I. [צוּץ].


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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