Jackal

(1) תּנּים, tannīm, “jackals,” the King James Version “dragons”; compare Arabic tînân, “wolf”; and compare תּנּין, tannīn, Arab tinnîn, “sea monster” or “monster” the English Revised Version “dragon” (Job 7:12 m; Psalms 74:13; 148:7; Isaiah 27:1; 51:9; Jeremiah 51:34), “serpent” (Exodus 7:9, 7:10, 7:12; Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalms 91:13), the King James Version “whale” (Genesis 1:21; Job 7:12); but תּנּין, tannīn, “jackals,” the King James Version “sea monsters” (Lamentations 4:3), “jackal’s well,” the King James Version “dragon well” (Nehemiah 2:13), and tannīm, “monster,” the King James Version and the English Revised Version “dragon” (Ezekiel 29:3; 32:2).

(2) איּים, ‘īyīm, “wolves,” the King James Version “wild beasts of the islands”; compare אי, ‘ī, plural איּים, ‘īyīm, “island”; also איּה, ‘ayyāh, “a cry,” אוה, ‘āwāh, “to cry,” “to howl”; Arabic ‛auwa', “to bark” (of dogs, wolves, or jackals); ‘ibn ‘âwa', colloquially, wâwî, “jackal.”

(3) ציּים, cīyīm, “wild beasts of the desert.”

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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia

Keywords: Jackal, Dragon

Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.

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