צִיִּיtsîyîy
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
Pronunciation: tsee-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6728
Meanings
a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller, or crier, yelper, in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified (Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 34:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 72:9 Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust.
- Psalms 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan and let the desert animals eat him.
- Isaiah 13:21 Desert animals will move into the ruined city, and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures. Owls will live among the ruins, and wild goats will go there to dance.
- Isaiah 23:13 Look at the land of Babylonia— the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.
- Isaiah 34:14 Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas, their howls filling the night. Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins, and night creatures will come there to rest.
- Jeremiah 50:39 “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas. It will be a home for owls. Never again will people live there; it will lie desolate forever.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).