יַעֲנָה
yaʻănâh · yah-an-aw'
{the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H3283 (יָעֵן), and meaning the same
{the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] owl.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַעֲנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the owl2 · 25%
- to owls1 · 13%
- and owls1 · 13%
- for owls1 · 13%
- and the owls1 · 13%
- there, and the owls1 · 13%
- as the owls1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.