Lexical Definition

‎צִיִּי‎ tsîyîy (tsee-ee') wild beast ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎צִיָּה‎

wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.

• a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast

1) a wild beast, desert-dweller, crier, yelper
1a) a specific wild beast but not certainly identified

See Greek: δαιμόνιον · θηρίον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎צִי‎] noun masculine^{Jer 50:39} a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller (denominative from ‎צִיָּה‎, so most), or crier, yelper (√ *‎צוה‎ = [yelp, Dozy], Ba^{NB 188}, compare Ew^{§ 146 g, note}); — in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified; Bo^{Hieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14}, compare Arabic wild cat; — plural ‎צִיִּים‎ Isa 13:21 (feminine ‎אִיִּים‎ vIsa 13:22), Isa 23:13; Isa 34:14 (+ ‎אִיִּים‎), Jer 50:39 (id.; all betokening desolation); ‎׳‎‎לְעַם לְצ‎ Ps 74:14 (read ‎׳‎‎לְעַם צ‎ Hup-Now Bae); apparently of people Ps 72:9, but probably corrupt, Ol conjectures ‎צָרִים‎ (|| ‎אֹיְבָיו‎), and so most moderns.

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