whelp
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 →
2) (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young. tree →
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 →
- And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan. (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps. (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (Writings PRO.17.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- A wolf came out with her whelps. tree →
- The two whelps were brothers. tree →
- The whelps played in the den. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.
- And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.
- They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.
- Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Trees and pragmatics
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