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title: יַעֲנָה — greed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעֲנָה (3284), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: greed. BDB 1906: n.f. greed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעֲנָה

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«יַעֲנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **greed** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3284 · **BDB:** יַעֲנָה

### Glosses

of.an.ostrich (6); the.ostrich (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

greed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3284/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. greed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3284/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. greed(?);—only in בַּת־הַיַּעֲנָה Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15; בְּנוֹת־יַעֲנָה Mi 1:8 + 5 times;—ostrich, (vid. √ יען supra); as wailing (sim. of mourning) Mi 1:8 (‖ תַּנִּים); symbol. of loneliness Jb 30:29 (אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב׳ יַעֲ׳); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Is 13:21; 34:13 (‖ תַּנִּים), Je 50:39; living in desert Is 43:20 (‖ תַּנִּים); unclean Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3284/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.29/)

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אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.brother I.have.become of jackals and a.companion of daughters of.an.ostrich

*JPS 1917:* I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

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[Isaiah 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.21/)

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וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁ֣ם צִיִּ֔ים וּמָלְא֥וּ בָתֵּיהֶ֖ם אֹחִ֑ים וְשָׁ֤כְנוּ שָׁם֙ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים יְרַקְּדוּ־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.lie.down there desert-dwellers and they.will.be.full houses their jackals and they.will.dwell there daughters of.an.ostrich and goats they.will.leap.about there

*JPS 1917:* But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

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