Tan denotes a wild animal found in desolate places and used in images of ruin, lament, and wilderness.

The attested use presents this plural noun as a wild animal associated chiefly with ruined or uninhabited places, while also using it in wilderness and mourning comparisons. The same animal appears among field creatures receiving water in Isaiah 43:20 and in personal comparison in Job 30:29 and Micah 1:8.

1. Wild animal of desolate places and lament · dominant

   In each cited verse the supplied form is a common masculine plural absolute noun. In Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 34:13, Jeremiah 10:22, and Jeremiah 49:33, the APB places the animals in desolate places or abandoned cities; Job 30:29 compares the speaker's condition with them, and Micah 1:8 compares mourning with them.

   Isaiah 13:22Isaiah 34:13Jeremiah 10:22Jeremiah 49:33Job 30:29Micah 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across most supplied verses, the APB explicitly uses “jackals,” including descriptions of a pasture, habitation, or haunt and comparisons in lament. Psalm 44:20 contains the noun's supplied form but the APB verse does not visibly reflect an animal term, so the translation does not isolate its contribution there.