And wolves ('iyim) shall cry in their castles, and jackals (tannim) in the pleasant palaces."
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All four (together with benoth ya`anah and se`irim) are found in Isaiah 13:21, 22: "But wild beasts of the desert (tsiyim) shall lie there and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ('ochim) and ostriches (benoth ya`anah) shall dwell there, and wild goats (se`irim) shall dance there. They, as well as tannim, evidently refer to wild creatures inhabiting desert places, but it is difficult to say for what animal each of the words stands. While tannim is the only word translated "jackal" in English Versions of the Bible, the words 'iyim, tsiyim, and 'ochim deserve attention. Jackals are not infrequently confounded with foxes. Often when one raises the cry others join in. Finally there are several short, loud, yelping barks. This is repeated two or three times, each time in a higher key than before. It begins with a high-pitched, long-drawn-out cry. Their peculiar howl may frequently be heard in the evening and at any time in the night. Jackals generally go about in small companies. Like the fox, it is destructive to poultry, grapes, and vegetables, but is less fastidious, and readily devours the remains of others' feasts. It is smaller than a large dog, has a moderately bushy tail, and is reddish brown with dark shadings above. It ranges southward to Abyssinia, and eastward, in Southern Asia, to farther India. The jackal (from Persian shaghal), Canis aureus, is found about the Mediterranean except in Western Europe. The same is true of Isaiah 34:13 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 49:33, and 51:37. Either derivation would suit "wolf" equally as well as "jackal." The expression in Jeremiah 10:22, "to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals," seems, however, especially appropriate of jackals.
with outstretched neck and limb extended" (Gesenius). Tannim is variously referred to a root meaning "to howl," and to a root meaning "to stretch out" trop. "Jackals" occurs as a translation of tannim, the King James Version "dragons," in Job 30:29 Psalm 44:19 Isaiah 13:22 Isaiah 34:13 Isaiah 35:7 Isaiah 43:20 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 10:22 Jeremiah 14:6 Jeremiah 49:33 Jeremiah 51:37 of the feminine plural form tannoth in Malachi 1:3, and of tannin in Nehemiah 2:13 and Lamentations 4:3. (2) 'iyim, "wolves," the King James Version "wild beasts of the islands" compare 'i, plural iyim, "island" also 'ayyah, "a cry," 'awah, "to cry," "to howl" Arabic `auwa', "to bark" (of dogs, wolves, or jackals) 'ibn 'awa', colloquially wawi, "jackal." (1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons" compare Arabic tinan, "wolf" and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the English Revised Version "dragon" ( Job 7:12 Psalm 74:13 Psalm 148:7 Isaiah 27:1 Isaiah 51:9 Jeremiah 51:34), "serpent" ( Exodus 7:9, 10, 12 Deuteronomy 32:33 Psalm 91:13), the King James Version "whale" ( Genesis 1:21 Job 7:12) but tannin, "jackals," the King James Version "sea monsters" ( Lamentations 4:3), "jackal's well," the King James Version "dragon well" ( Nehemiah 2:13), and tannim, "monster," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragon" ( Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 32:2).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia JACKAL
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