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