H6641 H6641
speckled, variegated; having diverse colors or patterns
This adjective describes something marked with varied colors or spots—speckled or variegated. In Jeremiah 12:9, it appears in a cryptic verse about a "speckled bird of prey" that becomes a target for other birds. The image may suggest something unusual or conspicuous, standing out in a way that attracts hostility. Commentators debate the exact metaphor, but the word clearly denotes visual distinctiveness, pattern and color that mark something as different.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jeremiah 12:9 uses it to describe a bird of prey that, because of its unusual coloration, is attacked by other birds. The Spanish "manchada" (spotted) emphasizes the irregular patterning. The prophetic image seems to picture Israel or Judah as conspicuous and thus vulnerable, their distinctiveness making them a target rather than protecting them. 1×
AR["المُرَقَّطُ"]·ben["দাগযুক্ত"]·DE["[צבוע]"]·EN["speckled"]·FR["[צבוע]"]·heb["צבוע"]·HI["चित्तेदार"]·ID["belang"]·IT["[צבוע]"]·jav["lorek"]·KO["얼룩덕룩한"]·PT["multicolorida"]·RU["пёстрая"]·ES["manchada"]·SW["mwenye-rangi"]·TR["benekli"]·urd["رنگین"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צָבוּעַ adj. coloured, variegated (proposes pt. pass.);—עַיִט צ׳ Je 12:9 a variegated bird of prey.