כְּפִיר

כְּפִיר noun masculine young lion; — ׳כ Dom 14,5 + 16 t.; plural כְּפִרִים Jer 2,15 + 3 t.; כְּפִירִים Zak 11,3 + 7 t.; suffix כְּפִירַיִךְ Nah 2,14 כְּפִירֶיהָ Ezk 38,13 (Co reads כנעניה); — literal אֲרָיוֺת ׳כ Dom 14,5 young lion of lions; Amos 3,4; Sl 17,12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ezk 19,2; Ezk 19,3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Jer 25,38; Es 11,6; Zak 11,3; Sl 104,21 in simile of roar of hostile army Es 5,29 ׅ || (לָבִיא compare Jer 51,38 ׅ || (גּוֺרֵי אריות; sim of ׳י's invincible might Es 31,4 ׅ || (אַרְיֵה; of Israel among the nations, Mik 5,7 of Assyr. princes Nah 2,12 of prince of Israel Ezk 19,5; Ezk 19,6 other cases are: || לָבִיא Job 38,39 || שַׁחַל Hos 5,14; Sl 91,13; Job 4,10 of bloodthirsty enemies Sl 34,11; Sl 35,17; Sl 58,7; Jer 2,15 גוים ׳כ Ezk 32,2, of young warriors Nah 2,14; Ezk 38,13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Ord 28,1 king's wrath like roaring of, Ord 19,12; Ord 20,2 of one of faces of cherubim Ezk 41,19.