תַּנָּה
tana · jackal
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8568 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tana (תַּנָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “jackal”.
An animal that prowls ruins and deserted places. In Malachi 1:3 Esau's inheritance is left to the jackals.
How to say it
ta·na
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A wild animal that prowls ruins and empty lands.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Even jackals ×1
- place for the jackals ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Lamentations 4:3
Even jackals offer the breast; they nurse their cubs; the daughter of my people has turned cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
- Malachi 1:3
and Esau I hated; and I made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance a place for the jackals of the desert.