UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: RV JER 12:9 · LV JER 12:9 · Read together JER 12:9
{A:RSV} {A:NIV} {A:NJB} {A:GNT} {A:CEV} "speckled bird of prey" = [a] | {A:LXX} {A:NJPS} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} "hyena" = [b] | {A:Hope} (56ff,134) prefers [b], which is also supported by SIR.13:18 where the Hebrew version has צבוע and the Greek, ὑαίνης

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related names: צִבְעֹון

Related lemmas: צֶבַע

Sense 1: speckled

Semantic domains: Color (002001001015)

Core domains: Body (019); Animal (010)

Definition: = state in which the skin of animal has spots, stains, and other irregular markings of skin

JER 12:9: RV JER 12:9 · LV JER 12:9 · Read together JER 12:9

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OET-RV JER 12:9

9 My inheritance is like a speckled bird of prey to me,
⇔ with other birds of prey all around it.
⇔ Go and get all the wild animals from the countryside to come and eat.

OET-LV JER 12:9

9 A_bird _of _prey speckled inheritance _of_is_my to_me are_bird[s]_prey all _around on/upon_it(f) go gather every _of (the)_animal _of the_field bring_them for_food.

Form 2

Part of speech: nsm

Related names: צְבֹעִים

Sense 1: hyena

Semantic domains: Wild Animals (001001002001001)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = mammal with a big head and of which the front feet are longer than the hind feet; it has a brownish grey color with dark indistinct stripes that become spots and blotches on its neck; it has a stiff, upright mane that stretches from between its ears all the way down its back until the end of its tail; it feeds mainly on carrion and but occasionally goes hunting itself; lives in holes and hollows under logs but is also known to inhabit abandoned houses or tombs; produces wailing sounds; ◄ |ihyaena hyaena|i*; ► probably unclean

Further resources: Fauna:2.19