I. יוֹנָה n.f. dove — dove; oft. of offerings; in various similes: Ephr. is כְּיוֹנָה פּוֹתָה like a silly dove (allowing itself to be snared); sim. of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves, of ships with white outspread sails; sim. of fugitive Moab; sim. of mourning; fig. of beauty; term of endearment.