Ostrich Bird

† יַעֲנָה n.f. greed(?);—only in בַּת־הַיַּעֲנָה Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15; בְּנוֹת־יַעֲנָה Mi 1:8 + 5 times;—ostrich, (vid. √ יען supra); as wailing (sim. of mourning) Mi 1:8 (‖ תַּנִּים); symbol. of loneliness Jb 30:29 (אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב׳ יַעֲ׳); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Is 13:21; 34:13 (‖ תַּנִּים), Je 50:39; living in desert Is 43:20 (‖ תַּנִּים); unclean Lv 11:16 Dt 14:15.

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

† תַּחְמָס n.[m.] name of male ostrich, according to Böii. 830 Thes (Thes der. from violence of this bird, cf. Arabic ظَلِيمٌ violence, also ostrich; other conject. are: owl 𝔊 𝔙; swallow, Saad: v. also Kn in Di)—mentioned as unclean Lv 11:16 (P) Dt 14:15.

† רְנָנִים n.[m.] pl. bird of piercing cries, i.e. ostrich, according to 𝔙 Bo Di and most, בְּנַף ר׳ Jb 39:13, but read prob. יְעֵנִים Hoffm Bu Du (as La 4:3 Qr), v. [יָעֵן].