H6728 H6728
Desert creature or wild beast; by extension, a desert-dweller or wilderness inhabitant
Found exclusively in prophetic oracles of desolation, tsiyyi evokes the eerie wildlife that reclaims abandoned cities. Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14 list these creatures alongside howling beasts (iyyim), painting ruins where only jackals and wild cats prowl. The exact zoological identification remains uncertain -- Arabic cognates suggest a wild cat or yelping desert animal. In Psalm 72:9 the word may shade toward human desert-dwellers who bow before the king, and in Psalm 74:14 God gives Leviathan as food 'to the people of the wilderness.' Spanish distinguishes neatly: 'bestias del desierto' for the animal sense, 'moradores del desierto' for the human one.
Senses
1. desert creature, wild beast — A wild beast or creature of the desert, inhabiting desolate ruins. Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14 pair tsiyyim with iyyim (howling creatures) to depict total devastation. Jeremiah 50:39 prophesies that Babylon will be home to these animals. Spanish 'bestias del desierto' and English 'wild creatures' reflect the zoological reading, though the exact species remains debated. 3×
AR["وُحُوشٌ","وُحُوشُ-الصَّحْرَاءِ","وُحُوشُ-الْبَرِّيَّةِ"]·ben["বন্য-প্রাণীরা","মরুপ্রাণীরা","মরুভূমির-প্রাণীরা"]·DE["[ציים]"]·EN["desert-creatures","wild-beasts","wild-creatures"]·FR["[ציים]"]·heb["צייים","ציים"]·HI["जंगली-जानवर","जंगली-जीव","जंगली-पशु"]·ID["binatang-binatang-padang-gurun","binatang-padang-gurun"]·IT["[ציים]"]·jav["kewan-ara-ara-samun","kéwan-ara-ara","kéwan-ara-ara-samun"]·KO["광야의-짐승들이","들짐승들이","들집승들이"]·PT["animais-do-deserto","feras-do-deserto"]·RU["дикие-звери","звери-пустыни","шакалы"]·ES["bestias-del-desierto"]·SW["pale","wanyama-wa-jangwa","wanyama-wa-jangwani"]·TR["col-hayvanlari","çöl-yaratıkları"]·urd["جنگلی-جانور","صحرائی-جانور"]
2. desert dweller, wilderness inhabitant — Desert-dwellers or wilderness inhabitants, possibly denoting nomadic peoples or ambiguously human figures. Psalm 72:9 envisions those 'of the desert' bowing before the king, and Psalm 74:14 speaks of Leviathan given as food to a 'people of the wilderness.' Spanish 'moradores del desierto' and German 'Wueste-dwellers' mark the shift from animal to human referent. 3×
AR["أَهْلُ-البَرِّيَّةِ","لِ-لصَّحراويينَ","لِلسَّاكِنِينَ-فِي-الْبَرِّيَّةِ"]·ben["মরুবাসীদের-জন্য","মরুবাসীদের।","মরুবাসীরা"]·DE["Wüste-dwellers","[לציים]","von-der-Wüste"]·EN["desert-dwellers","for-desert-creatures","of-the-desert"]·FR["[לציים]","animal-du-désert","à-animal-du-désert"]·heb["ל-ציים","ציים"]·HI["जंगली-जनों-के-लिए","जंगली-वासी"]·ID["bagi-penduduk-padang-gurun","penduduk-padang-gurun","untuk-penghuni-padang-gurun"]·IT["[לציים]","bestia-del-deserto"]·jav["kanggé-kewan-ara-ara-samun","kewan-ara-ara-samun","tumrap-kewan-ara-ara-samun"]·KO["광야-거주자들-에게","광야-거주자들-이","광야-짐승들-을-위하여"]·PT["dos-desertos","os-habitantes-do-deserto","para-animais-do-deserto"]·RU["для-обитателей-пустыни","обитатели-пустыни","обитателям-пустыни"]·ES["moradores-del-desierto","para-moradores-del-desierto"]·SW["kwa-wanyama-wa-jangwani","wa-jangwani","wakazi-wa-jangwani"]·TR["col-hayvanlari-icin","çöl-halkları","çöl-yaratıklarına"]·urd["جنگلیوں-کے-لیے","صحرائی","لِ-صحرائیوں-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [צִי] n.m. Je 50:39 a wild beast, proposes either desert-dweller (denom. from צִיָּה, so most), or crier, yelper (√* צוה = ضوى [yelp, Dozy], BaNB 188, cf. Ew§ 146 g, note);—in any case a specif. animal, but not certainly identif.; BoHieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14, cp. Arabic ضَيْوَنٌ wild cat;—pl. צִיִּים Is 13:21 (f. אִיִּים v 22), 23:13; 34:14 (+ אִיִּים), Je 50:39 (id.; all betokening…