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title: יָעֵן — ostrich · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעֵן (3283), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ostrich. BDB 1906: ostrich. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָעֵן

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«יָעֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ostrich** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3283 · **BDB:** יָעֵן

### Glosses

ostriches (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ostrich [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3283/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ostrich [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3283/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ostrich (i.e. voracious one?)—only pl. abs. כי ענים בַּמִּדְבָּר La 4:3 Kt; Qr כַּיְעֵנִים.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָעֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3283/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.3/)

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גַּם־תַּנִּים֙ חָ֣לְצוּ שַׁ֔ד הֵינִ֖יקוּ גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן בַּת־עַמִּ֣י לְאַכְזָ֔ר כַּיְעֵנִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* also jackals they.draw.out a.breast they.suckle cubs their the.daughter my.people my \[has become\].(into).cruel like (the) ostriches in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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