לְבִי
le.vi
“lion”
Definition
to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (אֲרִי)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
לְבִי appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Concerning Gad he said:“Blessed is he who enlargesthe domain of Gad!He lies down like a lionand tears off an arm or a head.
Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey.Like a lion he crouches and lies down;like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
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.
Can you hunt the prey for a lionessor satisfy the hunger of young lions
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