לָבִיא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3833

lion — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

lion tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָבִיא: lion lioness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] lion, poss. also [f.] lioness (cf. Arabic usage, and Gn 49:9; Nu 24:9; Jb 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain);—ל׳ abs. Gn 49:9 + 10 times;—Is 30:6 (‖ לַיִשׁ), Jb 38:39 (‖ כְּפִיר); Gn 49:9 in sim. of victor’s repose (רָבַץ; ‖ אַרְיֵה), cf. Nu 24:9 (c. שָׁכַב; ‖ אֲרִי), Dt 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); v. also Nu 23:24 (קוּם; ‖ אֲרִי); fig. of Nineveh Na 2:12 (‖ אַרְיֵה), cf. Is 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in sim.; ‖ כְּפִירִים); fig. of wicked Jb 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑הַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ v 10, 11); sim. of י׳, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Ho 13:8; fig. of locusts מְתַלְּעוֹת ל׳ Jo 1:6 (‖ שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a lion (6); lion (3); of a lion (2).

In the verses

Job 4:11 · tree →

לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

Word for word: a.lion [is].perishing from not prey and.[the] young of.a.lion they.are.scattered

JPS 1917: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Job 38:39 · tree →

הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃

Word for word: will you.hunt? for a.lion prey and.[the] life of.young.lions will.you.fill?

JPS 1917: Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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