whelp

Everyday

1. A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub. tree →
2. (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a wolf with her whelps is a mother guarding her young cubs

Examples

• A wolf came out with her whelps. tree →
• The two whelps were brothers. tree →
• The whelps played in the den. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Used for a young lion, as a picture of the strength of the tribes of Judah and Dan.

Interpretation. Jacob's blessing of Judah as a lion's cub is read as a sign that kings would come from Judah, including David and the Messiah.

Examples

• Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan. (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps. (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (Writings PRO.17.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths