לָבִיא

לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and 1 Mos 49,9; 4 Mos 24,9; Job 4,11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ׳ל absolute 1 Mos 49,9 + 10 t.; — Es 30,6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38,39 (|| כְּפִיר); 1 Mos 49,9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare 4 Mos 24,9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), 5 Mos 33,20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also 4 Mos 23,24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nah 2,12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Es 5,29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4,11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ vJob 4,10 vJob 4,11); simile of ׳י, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hos 13,8 figurative of locusts ׳מְתַלְּעוֺת ל Joel 1,6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).