יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים

I. יוֺנָה noun feminine dove (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., ) — absolute יוֺנָה 1 Mos 8,8 + 20 t.; construct יוֺנֵת Sl 56,1 suffix יוֺנָתִי Hoj 2,14 + 2 t.; plural יוֺנִים Nah 2,8 + 6 t.; construct יוֺנֵי Ezk 7,16 (see below); — dove 1 Mos 8,8; 1 Mos 8,9; 1 Mos 8,10; 1 Mos 8,11; 1 Mos 8,12 (all J); often of offerings, בֶּןיֿוֺנָה 3 Mos 12,6 (P; an individual of the species; || תֹּר); בְּנֵי (ה)יוֺנִים || תֹּרִיםׅ 3 Mos 1,14; 3 Mos 5,7; 3 Mos 5,11; 3 Mos 12,8; 3 Mos 14,22; 3 Mos 14,30; 3 Mos 15,14; 3 Mos 15,29; 4 Mos 6,10 (all P); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2 Kong 6,25 (Kt, yet see Gei^{Urschrift 409}); in various similes: Ephraim is כְּיוֺנָה פּוֺתָה like a silly dove Hos 7,11 (allowing itself to be snared); simile of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves Hos 11,11, of ships with white outspread sails Es 60,8 אֵבֶר כַּיּוֺנָה Sl 55,7 see also כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה Sl 68,14 simile of fugitive Moab Jer 48,28 also כְּיוֺנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֺת Ezk 7,16 like the doves of the valleys (but on text see Co, who emends כיונים הוֺגִיּוֺת, but regards phrase as gloss): simile of mourning כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים Nah 2,8 without קוֺל, הגה כיונים Es 38,14; Es 59,11 (from mournful note); figurative of beauty (only Canticles): עֵינַיִךְ יוֺנִים thine eyes are (those of) doves Hoj 1,15; Hoj 4,1, see also vHoj 4,12 term of endearment, יוֺנָתִי my dove Hoj 2,14; Hoj 5,2; Hoj 6,9. Elsewhere only Sl 56,1 (title) (עַל) יוֺנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים probably name of melody: To 'the dove of distant terebinths' (read אֵלִים for אֵלֶם; see אֵלֶם above, and Bae^{Psalms, p. xvii}). — On sanctity of dove among Shemites, see RS^{Semitic i. 202, 275}.