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title: אַרְיֵה — lion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַרְיֵה (lemma:אַרְיֵה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: lion. BDB 1906: n.m. lion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְיֵה

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«אַרְיֵה» 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:** 45 times · **Key:** lemma:אַרְיֵה · **BDB:** אַרְיֵה

### Glosses

a.lion (19); lion (13); of.a.lion (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Am 3:8 lion (𝔗 id. Syriac ܐܰܪܝܳܐ, cf. also אֲרִי supr.)—only sg. as above Am 3:4 + 44 times + 2 S 23:20 Kt (Qr אֲרִי) La 3:10 (id.);—lion, lit. in narrative Ju 14:8(×2), 9; 2 S 23:20; 1 K 13:24(×2), 25, 26, 28 (c. עמדים text error according to Klo) 28; 20:36(×2) cf. Is 11:7; 35:9; 65:25; in simile Gn 49:9; 2 S 17:10; ψ 7:3; 10:9; 17:12; 22:14; Is 21:8; 31:4 Je 2:30; 12:8; 49:19; 50:44; La 3:10; (Kt) Ez 1:10; 10:14; 1 Ch 12:8; Ho 11:10; Jo 1:6; Mi 5:7, cf. Am 3:4, 8 Ec 9:4; metaph. Gn 49:9; Dt 33:22; Jb 4:10; ψ 22:22 Is 15:9; Je 4:7; 5:6; Na 2:12(×2), 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְיֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.10/)

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שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].roaring of.a.lion and.\[the\] sound of.a.lion and.\[the\] teeth of.young.lions they.are.broken.out

*JPS 1917:* The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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[Psalms 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.14/)

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פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃

*Word for word:* they.have.opened on me mouth their a.lion tearing and roaring

*JPS 1917:* They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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