What does צִיִּי (ṣiyiy) mean in the Bible?
צִיִּי (ṣiyiy): Creature fundamentally defined by desert habitat—marginal, untamed, existing outside civilized order and covenant community.
Hebrew · H6728
צִיִּי
A desert-dweller , i.e. nomad or wild beast
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צִיִּי H6728
Pronunciation ṣiyiy
What does צִיִּי (ṣiyiy) mean in the Bible?
צִיִּי (ṣiyiy): Creature fundamentally defined by desert habitat—marginal, untamed, existing outside civilized order and covenant community.
Full entry for צִיִּי (H6728) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6728?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include The desert creatures (2), But desert creatures (1), for the desert creatures (1), May the nomads (1), of the desert (1).
Where does צִיִּי (ṣiyiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Psalms 72:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (3), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It The desert creatures 2× Isaiah 34:14, Jeremiah 50:39
But desert creatures 1× Isaiah 13:21
for the desert creatures 1× Isaiah 23:13
May the nomads 1× Psalms 72:9
of the desert 1× Psalms 74:14
Show sample aligned rows
Psalms 72:9 צִיִּ֑ים to May the nomads Noun - masculine plural Psalms 74:14 לְצִיִּֽים׃ to of the desert Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Isaiah 13:21 צִיִּ֔ים to But desert creatures Noun - masculine plural Isaiah 23:13 לְצִיִּ֑ים to for the desert creatures Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Isaiah 34:14 צִיִּים֙ to The desert creatures Noun - masculine plural Jeremiah 50:39 צִיִּים֙ to the desert creatures Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Psalms 72:9
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Psalms 2 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
צִיִּים֙ 2x ṣî·yîm Isaiah 34:14, Jeremiah 50:39
לְצִיִּ֑ים 1x lə·ṣî·yîm Isaiah 23:13
לְצִיִּֽים׃ 1x lə·ṣî·yîm Psalms 74:14
צִיִּ֑ים 1x ṣî·yîm Psalms 72:9
צִיִּ֔ים 1x ṣî·yîm Isaiah 13:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 4x Psalms 72:9, Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 34:14, Jeremiah 50:39
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural 2x Psalms 74:14, Isaiah 23:13
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Creature fundamentally defined by desert habitat—marginal, untamed, existing outside civilized order and covenant community.
Source Gloss
a desert-dweller , i.e. nomad or wild beast
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Creature fundamentally defined by desert habitat—marginal, untamed, existing outside civilized order and covenant community.
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast BDB: a wild beast Usage: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Fierce desert creatures inhabiting desolate ruins as judgment symbol
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
צִיִּי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain