תנין

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tannīn- (“snake”), whence also Aramaic תַּנִּינָא‎ / ܬܱܢܺܝܢܳܐ‎ (tannīnā, “sea serpent, monster”), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn),
Arabic تنين‎, Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).

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

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