יוֹנָה

[חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] noun [masculine] dung (Late Hebrew חרא (י_), id.; Aramaic id.; Mandean חרא (on this and cognate languages in general see Nö^{M 56}); Arabic id., whence verb of act, and noun of place; Amharic (Di^{Lex. Aeth. 88})) — plural suffix חַרְאֵיהֶם Isa 36:12 Kt (Qr צוֺאָתָם); || 2Kgs 18:27 has חֲרִיהֶם (see singular חרי 2Kgs 6:25 Qr as above); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2Kgs 6:25 Kt (Qr דִּבִיוֺנִים); see, further, Gei^{Urschrift, 409}.

I. יוֺנָה noun feminine dove (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., ) — absolute יוֺנָה Gen 8:8 + 20 t.; construct יוֺנֵת Ps 56:1 suffix יוֺנָתִי Song 2:14 + 2 t.; plural יוֺנִים Nah 2:8 + 6 t.; construct יוֺנֵי Ezek 7:16 (see below); — dove Gen 8:8; Gen 8:9; Gen 8:10; Gen 8:11; Gen 8:12 (all J); often of offerings, בֶּןיֿוֺנָה Lev 12:6 (P; an individual of the species; || תֹּר); בְּנֵי (ה)יוֺנִים || תֹּרִיםׅ Lev 1:14; Lev 5:7; Lev 5:11; Lev 12:8; Lev 14:22; Lev 14:30; Lev 15:14; Lev 15:29; Num 6:10 (all P); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2Kgs 6:25 (Kt, yet see Gei^{Urschrift 409}); in various similes: Ephraim is כְּיוֺנָה פּוֺתָה like a silly dove Hos 7:11 (allowing itself to be snared); simile of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves Hos 11:11, of ships with white outspread sails Isa 60:8 אֵבֶר כַּיּוֺנָה Ps 55:7 see also כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה Ps 68:14 simile of fugitive Moab Jer 48:28 also כְּיוֺנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֺת Ezek 7:16 like the doves of the valleys (but on text see Co, who emends כיונים הוֺגִיּוֺת, but regards phrase as gloss): simile of mourning כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים Nah 2:8 without קוֺל, הגה כיונים Isa 38:14; Isa 59:11 (from mournful note); figurative of beauty (only Canticles): עֵינַיִךְ יוֺנִים thine eyes are (those of) doves Song 1:15; Song 4:1, see also vSong 4:12 term of endearment, יוֺנָתִי my dove Song 2:14; Song 5:2; Song 6:9. Elsewhere only Ps 56:1 (title) (עַל) יוֺנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים probably name of melody: To 'the dove of distant terebinths' (read אֵלִים for אֵלֶם; see אֵלֶם above, and Bae^{Psalms, p. xvii}). — On sanctity of dove among Shemites, see RS^{Semitic i. 202, 275}.