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# whelp

«whelp» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (whelps); verb (whelps, whelped, whelping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#m1)

2) (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary lessons: in tales, a wolf with her whelps is a mother guarding her young cubs

### examples

- Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x1)
- And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan. (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x2)
- They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps. (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x3)
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x4)
- Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (Writings PRO.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x5)
- A wolf came out with her whelps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x6)
- The two whelps were brothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x7)
- The whelps played in the den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1607/)
- [And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.959/)
- [They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1415/)
- [Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.488/)
- [The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.77/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whelp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.