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title: לָבִיא — lion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָבִיא (3833), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: lion. BDB 1906: lion lioness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָבִיא

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«לָבִיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 3833 · **BDB:** לָבִיא

### Glosses

a.lion (6); lion (3); of.a.lion (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3833/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lion lioness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3833/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָבִיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3833/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.11/)

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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.

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[Job 38:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.39/)

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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,

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