תנין

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־נ־ן‎ (t-n-n)

With Aramaic תַּנִּינָא‎ / ܬܱܢܺܝܢܳܐ‎ (tannīnā, “sea serpent, monster”) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn) from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒉡 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”)

Noun

תַּנִּין • (tanin) m (plural indefinite תַּנִינִים‎)

crocodile
Tannin or Tunannu, a sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Leviathan
(biblical, by extension) An enemy of Yahweh or Israel

References

“תנין” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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