תנין
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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| ת־נ־ן (t-n-n) |
With Aramaic תַּנִּינָא / ܬܱܢܺܝܢܳܐ (tannīnā, “sea serpent, monster”) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn) from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒉡 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”)
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים)
- crocodile
- Tannin or Tunannu, a sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Leviathan
- (biblical, by extension) An enemy of Yahweh or Israel
Synonyms edit
- (crocodile): תִּמְסָח (timsakh)
References edit
- “תנין” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
תנין on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
