tan.nah denotes creatures pictured nursing their young and associated with a desolate wilderness inheritance.

The attested verses present tan.nah as plural creatures: in one scene they nurse their young, and in another they are associated with a wilderness inheritance made desolate.

1. Creatures in wilderness and nursing imagery · dominant

   In Lamentations 4:3, the plural absolute form occurs in the clause the APB renders “Even dragons draw out the breast and suckle their whelps,” contrasting their care with the daughter's cruelty. In Malachi 1:3, the plural construct form is in the phrase the APB renders “to the dragons of the wilderness,” within the description of a desolated inheritance.

   Lamentations 4:3Malachi 1:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “dragons” in both verses, once as creatures that nurse their young and once in connection with “the wilderness.” These English phrases confirm the verse scenes rather than isolate every contribution of the Hebrew form.