צִיִּי
tsîyîy · tsee-ee'
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H6723 (צִיָּה);
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the hand that works › the hand that works
To pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צִיִּי 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they that dwell in the wilderness1 · 17%
- inhabiting the wilderness1 · 17%
- but wild beasts of the desert1 · 17%
- it for them that dwell in the wilderness1 · 17%
- the wild beasts of the desert1 · 17%
- therefore the wild beasts of the desert1 · 17%
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.