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Strong's #3123 - יוֹנָה
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1) dove, pigeon
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1221) ni (ינ YN) AC: ? CO: Wine AB: ?
J) nfi (יונ YWN) AC: ? CO: Mire AB: ?
Nm ) nfi (יונ YWN) - Mire: KJV (2): miry, mire - Strongs: H3121 (יָוֵן)
Nf1) enfi (יונה YWNH) - Dove: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (32): dove, pigeon - Strongs: H3123 (יוֹנָה)
M) nii (יינ YYN) AC: ? CO: Wine AB: ?
Nm ) nii (יינ YYN) - Wine: From the mire in the wine. KJV (140): wine, banqueting - Strongs: H3196 (יַיִן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
יוֹנָה f. pl. יוֹנִים
(1) a dove, Genesis 8:8, seq. יוֹנָתִי my dove, a gentle term of endearment, Song of Solomon 2:14, 5:2 6:9 1:15, עֵינַנִיךְ יוֹנִים “thy eyes (are) doves,” i.e. like to doves’ eyes. Song of Solomon 4:1. בְּנֵי יוֹנָה young doves, Leviticus 5:7. (As to the etymology I give no opinion. [In Thes. “a libidinis ardore quæ in proverbium abiit ira dictam censeo.”] Some derive it from ونى to be weak, gentle, and thus it would properly be, feeble and gentle bird.
(2) [Jonah], pr.n. of a prophet, Jonah 1:1; 2 Kings 14:25.-Another יוֹנָה see under יָנָה.