"תנין" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-תנין.wav Forms: תַּנִּין [canonical], tanin [romanization], תַּנִינִים [indefinite, plural]
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”) Etymology templates: {{HE root|תנן}} Root ת־נ־ן (t-n-n), {{cog|arc|תַּנִּינָא}} Aramaic תַּנִּינָא, {{cog|uga|𐎚𐎐𐎐}} Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), {{der|he|akk|𒆗𒉌𒉡|t=netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain|tr=danninu}} Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒉡 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=תַּנִינִים|tr=tanin|wv=תַּנִּין}} תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים)
  1. crocodile Categories (lifeform): Reptiles Synonyms (crocodile): תִּמְסָח (timsakh)
    Sense id: en-תנין-he-noun-AnZvMALq Disambiguation of Reptiles: 47 47 5 Disambiguation of 'crocodile': 94 4 2
  2. Tannin or Tunannu, a sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Leviathan Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-תנין-he-noun-mU3jLPcb Disambiguation of Reptiles: 47 47 5 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 14 50 37 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 10 59 31 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 10 59 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 76 13
  3. (biblical, by extension) An enemy of Yahweh or Israel Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-תנין-he-noun-v0AhoJYe Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ת־נ־ן Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ת־נ־ן: 23 26 51 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Alternative forms

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