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 Psalms 44:19 Isaiah 13:22 34:13 35:7 43:20 Jeremiah 9:11 10:22 14:6 49:33 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 Psalms 74:13 148:7 Isaiah 27:1 51:9 Jeremiah 51:34), 'serpent' ( Exodus 7:9,10,12 Deuteronomy 32:33 Psalms 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 32:2).

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