לַיִשׁ

«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.

Used: 3 times · Key: 3918 · BDB: לַ֫יִשׁ

Glosses

a.lion (2); lion (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

lion tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 4:11

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.

Proverbs 30:30

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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