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title: תַּן — jackal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּן (8565), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: jackal. BDB 1906: et. jackal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּן

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«תַּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **jackal** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 8565 · **BDB:** תַּן²

### Glosses

jackals (7); of.jackals (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jackal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8565/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

et. jackal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8565/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m. et.\] f. La 4:3 jackal (so most; TrNHB 109 ff., 263 f. Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. Jackal; but wolf PostHast.DB; Dragon, cf. Che Is 13:22 and (rare) Arabic تِينَانٌ );—pl. תַּנִּים Mi 1:8 +, תַּנִּין La 4:3 (Ges§ 87 e), לְתַנּוֹת Mal 1:3 (si vera l.; 𝔊 Thes al. interpret = dwellings, Sta Now conjecturre נְאוֹת, Marti נָתַתִּי לְ);—jackal, howling mournfully in waste places, Mi 1:8; Jb 30:29 (both ‖ בְּנוֹת יַעֲנָה), Is 13:22 (‖ אִיִּים), in desert also 43:20 (‖ בְּנוֹת יַעֲנָה); deserted sites called מְעוֹן ת׳ Je 9:10; 10:22; 49:33; 51:37, נְוֵה ת׳ Is 34:13; 35:7, מְקוֹם ת׳ ψ 44:20, ת׳ מִדְבָּר Mal 1:3 (si vera l., but v. supra); ת׳ as snuffing up wind Je 14:6, giving suck La 4:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8565/), 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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[Psalms 44:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.20/)

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כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you have.crushed.us in a.place of.jackals and you.have.covered over us with deep.darkness

*JPS 1917:* Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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