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title: לָבָא — lioness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָבָא (lemma:לָבָא), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lioness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָבָא

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«לָבָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lioness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:לָבָא

### Glosses

lions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lioness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d1_5b8_5d0/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָבָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d1_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 57:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.5/)

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נַפְשִׁ֤י ׀ בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* self my \[is\] among lions I.lie.with \[those.who\].devour \[the\].children of.humankind teeth their \[are\].a.spear and arrows and tongue their \[is\].a.sword sharp

*JPS 1917:* My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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