International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1) tannim, "jackals,"
the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic tinan, "wolf";
and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the
English Revised Version "dragon" (Job 7:12 Psalm 74:13; Psalm
148:7 Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 51:9 Jeremiah 51:34), "serpent"
(Exodus 7:9, 10, 12 Deuteronomy 32:33 Psalm 91:13), the King
James Version "whale" (Genesis 1:21 Job 7:12); but tannin,
"jackals," the King James Version "sea monsters" (Lamentations
4:3), "jackal's well," the King James Version "dragon well"
(Nehemiah 2:13), and tannim, "monster," the King James Version
and the English Revised Version "dragon" (Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel
32:2). (2) 'iyim, "wolves," the King James Version "wild beasts
of the islands"; compare 'i, plural iyim, "island"; also 'ayyah,
"a cry," 'awah, "to cry," "to howl"; Arabic `auwa', "to bark"
(of dogs, wolves, or jackals); 'ibn 'awa', colloquially wawi,
"jackal." (3) tsiyim, "wild beasts of the desert." (4) 'ochim,
"doleful creatures." "Jac