Commentary for Isaiah 34:14
וּפָגְשׁ֤וּ צִיִּים֙ אֶת־אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־רֵעֵ֣הוּ יִקְרָ֑א אַךְ־שָׁם֙ הִרְגִּ֣יעָה לִּילִ֔ית וּמָצְאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ מָנֽוֹחַ׃
And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, And the satyr shall cry to his fellow; Yea, the night-monster shall repose there, And shall find her a place of rest.
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And martens shall meet cats And martens shall meet with cats. In this matter Jonathan rendered it. תַּמְוָן is נִמִּיּוֹת (martrines in O.F.), martens.
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ציים The wild beasts of the desert.
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and a satyr A demon.
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איים Kites.23A. V., The wild beasts of the islands. It is the plural of אַיָה (Lev. 11:14), although it has the masculine termination .ים.
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rests (הִרְגִּיעָה) an expression related to מַרְגּוֹעַ, rest.
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שעירים An animal, similar to the wild goat.24A. V., Satyr.
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lilith The name of a female demon.
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הרגיעה Shall rest.
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לילית The screech owl. A bird that flies abroad by night.
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