STRONGS NUMBER H6728


Word Summary
tsiyyi: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in inhabiting the wilderness
Original Word: צִיִּי
Transliteration: tsiyyi
Phonetic Spelling: (tsee-ee')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in inhabiting the wilderness
Meaning: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in inhabiting the wilderness
Strong's Concordance
wild beast of the desert, that dwell in inhabiting the wilderness

From the same as tsiyah; a desert-dweller, i.e. Nomad or wild beast -- wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.

see HEBREW tsiyah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6728. tsiyyi

II. [צִי‎] noun masculineJeremiah 50:39 a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller (denominative from צִיָּה‎, so most), or crier, yelper (√ *צוה‎ = [yelp, Dozy], BaNB 188, compare Ew§ 146 g, note); — in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified; BoHieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14, compare Arabic wild cat; — plural צִיִּיםIsaiah 13:21 (feminine אִיִּים13:22), 23:13; 34:14 (+ אִיִּים‎), Jeremiah 50:39 (id.; all betokening desolation); לְצ ׳לְעַםPsalm 74:14 (read צ ׳לְעַם‎ Hup-Now Bae); apparently of people 72:9, but probably corrupt, Ol conjectures צָרִים‎ ("" אֹיְבָיו‎), and so most moderns.