תנין

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
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

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Noun

תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים)

1. crocodile
2. Tannin or Tunannu, a sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Leviathan
3. (biblical, by extension) An enemy of Yahweh or Israel

Synonyms

• (crocodile): תִּמְסָח (timsakh)

References

• “תנין” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• תנין on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• ניתן