לַ֫יִשׁ
la.yish
“lion”
Definition
a lion (from his destructive blows)
from H3888 (לוּשׁ) in the sense of crushing;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
לַ֫יִשׁ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev:Through a land of hardship and distress,of lioness and lion,of viper and flying serpent,they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeysand their treasures on the humps of camels,to a people of no profit to them.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey,and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
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