יען (√ of foll.; acc. to Ges Ew GGA 1864, No. 27 Aram. Syriac, Syriac avidus, cupidus; hence בַּת יַעֲנָה = daughter of greed, of ostrich as voracious bird; but Wetzst Del Jb 31, 39 = daughter of the desert or steppe, from Arabic hard, unproductive soil; cf. the Arab. name Arabic father of the plains.)
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