כְּפִיר
Used: 31 times · Key: 3715 · BDB: כְּפִיר
Glosses
a.young.lion (10); lion (5); lions (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
young lion tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. young lion tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. young lion;—כ׳ Ju 14:5 + 16 times; pl. כְּפִרִים Je 2:15 + 3 times; כְּפִירִים Zc 11:3 + 7 times; sf. כְּפִירַיִךְ Na 2:14; כְּפִירֶיהָ Ez 38:13 (Co reads כנעניה);—lit. כ׳ אֲרָיוֹת Ju 14:5 young lion of lions; Am 3:4 ψ 17:12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ez 19:2, 3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Je 25:38; Is 11:6; Zc 11:3; ψ 104:21; in sim. of roar of hostile army Is 5:29 (‖ לָבִיא) cf. Je 51:38 (‖ גּוֹרֵי אריות); sim. of י׳’s invincible might Is 31:4 (‖ אַרְיֵה); of Isr. among the nations, Mi 5:7; of Assyrian princes Na 2:12; of prince of Isr. Ez 19:5, 6; other cases are: ‖ לָבִיא Jb 38:39; ‖ שַׁחַל Ho 5:14 ψ 91:13 Jb 4:10; of bloodthirsty enemies ψ 34:11; 35:17; 58:7 Je 2:15; כ׳ גוים Ez 32:2, of young warriors Na 2:14; Ez 38:13 (?; v. Co supr.); righteous compared with, Pr 28:1; king’s wrath like roaring of, Pr 19:12; 20:2; of one of faces of cherubim Ez 41:19.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «כְּפִיר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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