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# jackal

«jackal» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a wild animal like a small, thin dog that lives in Africa…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a jackal, jackals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A jackal is a wild animal like a small, thin dog that lives in Africa and Asia and eats small animals and leftovers from other hunters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#m1)

2) (informal) A jackal can mean a sneaky person who takes advantage of others' work or misfortune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The jackal lived in wild, empty places and ruins, so it often stands for desolation. Interpretation: The prophets use jackals to describe cities that have been destroyed, such as Babylon, and tradition reads this as a warning that sin leads to ruin. In the primary lessons: In nature lessons, jackals are hunters and scavengers that help clean up the savanna; they often live in pairs for life. In history lessons on Ancient Egypt, the god Anubis has a jackal's head. In stories and fables, the jackal is often a sly trickster.

### examples

- I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. (Writings JOB.30.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x1)
- And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x2)
- Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. (Writings PSA.44.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x3)
- A jackal crept towards the leftover meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x4)
- Jackals howl at night on the savanna. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x5)
- Anubis, the Egyptian god, had a jackal's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x6)
- The jackal is a cousin of the dog and the wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x7)
- In the fable, the clever jackal tricks the lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x8)
- Jackals live in pairs and raise their pups together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x9)
- We heard jackals calling in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/#x10)

### note

Countable: jackals. Pronounced «JACK-ul». A jackal is not a hyena, though both scavenge; hyenas are a different family.

### In the corpora

- [And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1414/)
- [But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.3/)
- [Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.730/)
- [I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.777/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jackal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jackal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.