Lexical Summary yaanah: perhaps greed Original Word: יַעֲנָהTransliteration: yaanah Phonetic Spelling: (yah-an-aw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: perhaps greed Meaning: perhaps greed Strong's Concordance owl Feminine of ya'en, and meaning the same -- + owl. see HEBREW ya'en Brown-Driver-Briggs H3284. yaanah 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) 1:8 ("" תַּנִּים); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (לב וְרֵעַ לְתַנִּים הָיִיתִי ׳אָח ׳יַעֲ); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isaiah 13:21; 34:13 ("" תַּנִּים), Jeremiah 50:39; dwelling in desert Isaiah 43:20 ("" תַּנִּים); unclean fowl Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15. |