יָעֵן

«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.

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

Glosses

ostriches (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

ostrich tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

ostrich tree →

The whole BDB entry

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

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Lamentations 4:3

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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