Strong's Hebrew: 3284. יַעֲנָה (yaanah) -- perhaps greed

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Lexicon

yaanah: perhaps greed

Original Word: יַעֲנָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: yaanah
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-an-aw')
Short Definition: ostriches

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. of yaen
Definition
perhaps greed
NASB Translation
ostrich (2), ostriches (5), ostriches* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יַעֲנָה noun feminine greed (?); — only in בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15; בְּנוֺתיַֿעֲנָה Micah 1:8 5t.; — ostrich, (see √ יען above); as wailing (simile of mourning) Micah 1:8 ("" תַּנִּים); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (׳יַעֲ ׳אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13 ("" תַּנִּים), Jeremiah 50:39; dwelling in desert Isaiah 43:20 ("" תַּנִּים); unclean fowl Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15.

Strong's

owl

Feminine of ya'en, and meaning the same -- + owl.

see HEBREW ya'en