Strong's Definition
probably from 253; a howler or lonesome wild animal
KJV Usage: doleful creature
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֹחַ (o.ach) — howling animal. 1) howling animal 1a) jackal 1b) hyena
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals | ≈ אִי · שׁוּעָל · תַּן
jackal = animal that produces mournful sounds; ≈ associated with death, destruction, and devastation
1 ISA 13:21 FAUNA NIV | RSV NRSV "howling creatures" | NJPS NJB GNT "owls" | CEV "hoot owls" REB "porcupines"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אֹחַ] n.[m.] jackal Is 13:21 ref