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Tan (תן) means jackal in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

תַּן
tan
noun · masculine
In English

jackal

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ת

The dictionary gives one meaning for Tan.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    חיה טורפת ממשפחת הכלביים.
    וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנוֹתָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג וְקָרוֹב לָבוֹא עִתָּהּ וְיָמֶיהָ לֹא יִמָּשֵׁכוּ.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Tan is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
תַּן
Written without vowel points
תן
Said
tan
Root
ת־נ־נ
Pattern
קַל
Plural
תַּנִּים
Inflections
ר' תַּנִּים
Gematria
450

This is how Tan is said in other languages.

English
jackal
Arabic
اِبْن آوِيّ
Russian
шакал
French
chacal
Spanish
chacal
German
jackal

These words mean nearly the same as Tan.

  • אי

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Tan.

The word Tan comes from the root ת־נ־נ, like these words.

This is where the word Tan comes from.

השורש מתבאר על דרך חלופי המעתק הארמי-עברי: תנן-שנן שהוראתו: חזרה, כפילות,, או הידהוד המאפיין את יללות התן החוזרות ונשנות. כנראה ושמו של בע"ח חולק שדה סמנטי משותף עם הפועל "תַּנֶּה" בהוראת אבל,הספד. בפסוק זה: אין הכוונה לחיה "תן"(בתוספת כ' הדמוי, ובלשון רבים תנים) אלה לחיה הקרויה בארמית "כוֹדַנָיא" או כודנא (kwdnˀ ) בהוראת חמור, המקבילה לתיבת פרא שבצלע הראשונה של הפסוק. ,.

These words come before and after Tan in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Tan.

What does Tan (⁨תן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Tan (⁨תן⁩) means jackal. It is said tan, with the stress on tan.

What is a synonym for Tan (⁨תן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Tan (⁨תן⁩) are ⁨אי⁩.

What rhymes with Tan (⁨תן⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Tan (⁨תן⁩) include ⁨זמן⁩, ⁨חמצן⁩, ⁨מימן⁩, ⁨לבן⁩, ⁨עניין⁩, and ⁨פחמן⁩.

Is Tan (⁨תן⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Tan (⁨תן⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨תַּנִּים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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