ya.a.nah is a feminine singular noun for the ostrich, named in animal lists and in scenes of desolation, wilderness, and mourning.

The term consistently designates the ostrich: it occurs in animal lists in Deuteronomy 14:15 and Leviticus 11:16, and elsewhere identifies a creature associated in the verses with ruined habitation, wilderness water, or lament, as in Isaiah 13:21, Jeremiah 50:39, Isaiah 43:20, and Micah 1:8.

1. The ostrich as a named bird · dominant

   In every supplied occurrence, the form is a common feminine singular absolute noun. It names an animal in the lists of Deuteronomy 14:15 and Leviticus 11:16; in Isaiah 13:21 and Jeremiah 50:39, the APB renders clauses in which ostriches dwell in places no longer inhabited. The same designation occurs in Isaiah 43:20 among creatures receiving water in the wilderness and in Micah 1:8 in a comparison for mourning.

   Deuteronomy 14:15Leviticus 11:16Isaiah 13:21Jeremiah 50:39Isaiah 43:20Micah 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as “ostriches” or “the ostrich,” while several verses use the phrase “daughters of the ostrich.” Those English forms show the verse-level presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.