Deuteronomy 14:15:3Deut.14.15.W3TAB
הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה
hayaanah
“ostrich”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-a-NAH
- Extended
- hah-ya-a-NAH
- IPA
- /hajjaʕaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ostrich
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ya-a-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
BAT ha-ya-a-NAH
- clause
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAH ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-khaf
- sentence
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAH ve-ET-hat-kh-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-khaf ve-ET-ha-NETS le-mi-NE-hu
Exegesis
The idiomatic construct bat haya‘anah {בַּת־הַיַּעֲנָה | baṯ ha-yaʿănāh} ‘daughter of the ostrich’ functions to denote the ostrich itself.
Root and etymology
Rootyod, ayin, nun
“to lament, cry out”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:15
Also the ostrich and the tachmas , the gull, and the hawk, each according to its kind.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:15, so the Hebrew word הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה (hayaanah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.14.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.15.W3.S1) and character.