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title: לַיִשׁ — lion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַיִשׁ (3918), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: lion. BDB 1906: n.m. lion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַיִשׁ

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«לַיִשׁ» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3918 · **BDB:** לַ֫יִשׁ

### Glosses

a.lion (2); lion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3918/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3918/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 4:11 lion (Arabic لَيْثٌ, 𝔗 לֵיתָא; Assyrian nêšu, lion is comp. by Hal (cf. HptKAT2, 510) BaZA iii. 1888, 60);—lion Jb 4:11 Is 30:6 (‖ לָבִיא), ל׳ גִּבּוֹר בַּבְּהֵמָה Pr 30:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3918/), 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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[Proverbs 30:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.30/)

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לַ֭יִשׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה וְלֹא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹֽל׃

*Word for word:* a.lion \[is\].mighty among the animal\[s\] and not it.turns.back from before anything

*JPS 1917:* The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

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