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אֲרִי

«אֲרִי» 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: 35 times · Key: 738 · BDB: אֲרִי

Glosses

lions (10); lion (8); a.lion (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

lion tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 28:15 lion (Assyrian aria, Ethiopic አርዌ wild beast, cf. also אַרְיֵה infr.)—אֲרִי Am 3:12 + 13 times + 2 S 23:20 Qr (Kt אריה), La 3:10 (id.) + ψ 22:17 (כָּֽאֲרִי for wh. read כארו = כָּרוּ cf. De Pe Che crit. note); pl. אֲרָיִים 1 K 10:20; אֲרָיוֹת (also m.) Zp 3:3 + 16 times (f. Je 51:38? but cf. Ju 14:5);—lion, lit. in narrative Ju 14:5; 1 S 17:34, 36, 37; 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:22; 2 K 17:25, 26; Pr 22:13; 26:13 Ct 4:8 cf. Am 3:12; 5:19; lion-images 1 K 7:29(×2), 36; 10:19, 20 = 2 Ch 9:18, 19; in comparison Nu 23:24; 24:9 Ju 14:18; Is 38:13; Je 51:38; 2 S 1:33; Ez 22:25; La 3:10; metaph. Na 2:12; Zp 3:3; Je 50:17; Ez 19:2, 6 Pr 28:15. For כארי ψ 22:17 read כארו, cf. above. Cf. also אַרְיֵה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲרִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Lamentations 3:10

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

Word for word: [is].a.bear [which].lies.in.wait he to me a.lion in secret.places

JPS 1917: He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Jeremiah 51:38

יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת׃

Word for word: together like.(the) young lions they.roar they.growl like cubs of.lions

JPS 1917: They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

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