3918

layiš לַ֫יִשׁ ‘lion’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from lūš לוּשׁ ‘to knead’ in the sense of crushing
Roots: לושׁ

layiš n, m
1) lion

Mentioned in Isaiah 30:6 Proverbs 30:30 Job 4:11

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .