1) an unclean bird 1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl" 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
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H3284 — יַעֲנָה
ya.a.nah · ostrich · Hebrew/Aramaic
8 tagged verse occurrences
Leviticus 11:16 · הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔הand the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,Deuteronomy 14:15 · הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔הand the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;Job 30:29 · יַעֲנָֽה׃A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.Isaiah 13:21 · יַֽעֲנָ֔הAnd Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.Isaiah 34:13 · יַעֲנָֽה׃And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble are in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.Isaiah 43:20 · יַֽעֲנָ֑הHonour me doth the beast of the field, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given in a wilderness waters, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people—My chosen.Jeremiah 50:39 · יַֽעֲנָ֑הTherefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.Micah 1:8 · יַעֲנָֽה׃For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.