תַּאֲנָה
taana · occasion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8385 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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taana (תַּאֲנָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “occasion”.
A pretext sought in order to act against someone (Judges 14:4). In Jeremiah 2:24, the time of an animal's heat.
How to say it
ta·a·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
- The season when a female animal seeks a mate.
- A pretext for a quarrel with someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- heat ×1
- occasion ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 14:4
His father and his mother did not know that it was from YHWH, for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
- Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in the craving of her soul sniffing the wind; her heat, who can turn it back? All who seek her will not tire themselves; in her month they will find her.