Lexical Definition

‎יַעֲנָה‎ yaʻănâh (yah-an-aw') ostrich ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎יָעֵן‎, and meaning the same

[phrase] owl.

• {the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}

1) an unclean bird
1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl"
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַעֲנָה‎ noun feminine greed (?); — only in ‎בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה‎ Lev 11:16; Deut 14:15 ‎בְּנוֺתיַֿעֲנָה‎ Mic 1:8 + 5 t.; — ostrich, (see √ ‎יען‎ above); as wailing (simile of mourning) Mic 1:8 (|| ‎תַּנִּים‎); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (‎׳‎‎יַעֲ‎ ‎׳‎‎אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב‎); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isa 13:21; Isa 34:13 (|| ‎תַּנִּים‎), Jer 50:39 dwelling in desert Isa 43:20 (|| ‎תַּנִּים‎); unclean fowl Lev 11:16; Deut 14:15.

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