STRONGS H3123:
Abbreviations
† I. יוֺנָה noun feminine dove (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
id.,
) — absolute
יוֺנָה Genesis 8:8 +
20 times; construct
יוֺנֵת [
H3128 Psalm 56:1]; suffix
יוֺנָתִי Songs 2:14 +
2 times; plural
יוֺנִים Nahum 2:8 [
Nahum 2:7] +
6 times; construct
יוֺנֵי Ezekiel 7:16 (see below); —
dove Genesis 8:8,
Genesis 8:9,
Genesis 8:10,
Genesis 8:11,
Genesis 8:12 (all J); often of offerings,
בֶּןיֿוֺנָה Leviticus 12:6 (P; an individual of the species; ||
תֹּר);
בְּנֵי (ה)יוֺנִים ||
תֹּרִיםׅ Leviticus 1:14;
Leviticus 5:7,
Leviticus 5:11;
Leviticus 12:8;
Leviticus 14:22,
Leviticus 14:30;
Leviticus 15:14,
Leviticus 15:29;
Numbers 6:10 (all P);
חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2 Kings 6:25 (Kt, yet see Gei
Urschrift 409); in various similes: Ephraim is
כְּיוֺנָה פּוֹתָה like a silly dove Hosea 7:11 (allowing itself to be snared); simile of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves
Hosea 11:11, of ships with white outspread sails
Isaiah 60:8;
אֵבֶר כַּיּוֺנָה Psalm 55:7 [
Psalm 55:6]; see also
כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה Psalm 68:14 [
Psalm 68:13]; simile of fugitive Moab
Jeremiah 48:28; also
כְּיוֺנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֺת Ezekiel 7:16 like the doves of the valleys (but on text see Co, who emends
כיונים הוֺגִיּוֺת, but regards phrase as gloss): simile of mourning
כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים Nahum 2:8 [
Nahum 2:7]; without
קוֺל,
הגה כיונים Isaiah 38:14;
Isaiah 59:11 (from mournful note); figurative of beauty (only Canticles):
עֵינַיִךְ יוֺנִים thine eyes are (those of)
doves Songs 1:15;
Songs 4:1, see also
Songs 4:12; term of endearment,
יוֺנָתִי my dove Songs 2:14;
Songs 5:2;
Songs 6:9. Elsewhere only [
H3128 Psalm 56:1] (title)
(עַל) יוֺנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים probably name of melody:
To 'the dove of distant terebinths' (read
אֵלִים for
אֵלֶם; see
אֵלֶם above, and Bae
Psalms, p. xvii). — On sanctity of dove among Shemites, see RS
Semitic i. 202, 275.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
8:8; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:12
Leviticus
1:14; 5:7; 5:11; 12:6; 12:8; 14:22; 14:30; 15:14; 15:29
Numbers
6:10
2 Kings
6:25
Psalms
55:6; 68:13
Song of Songs
1:15; 2:14; 2:14; 4:1; 4:12; 5:2; 6:9
Isaiah
38:14; 59:11; 60:8
Jeremiah
48:28
Ezekiel
7:16; 7:16
Hosea
7:11; 11:11
Nahum
2:7; 2:7