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Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid? (KJV)
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אַיֵּה֙'ai.Yehwhere?
Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: where?
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 18:9, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 1
מְע֣וֹןme.'on[is the] dwelling place of
Lemma: מָעוֹן (ma.on) · Strong's: H4583
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: habitation
Used 18 times. Also: Deuteronomy 26:15, 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 2:32, 2 Chronicles 30:27, 2 Chronicles 36:15, Psalms 26:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4583; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 2
אֲרָי֔וֹת'a.ra.Yotlions
Lemma: אֲרִי (a.ri) · Strong's: H0738A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: lion
Used 32 times. Also: Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9, Judges 14:5, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 17:34, 1 Samuel 17:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0738A; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 3
וּמִרְעֶ֥הu.mir.'Ehand [is] pasture
Lemma: מִרְעֶה (mir.eh) · Strong's: H4829
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pasture
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:4, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 4:40, 1 Chronicles 4:41, Job 39:8, Isaiah 32:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4829; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 4
ה֖וּאhu'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 5
לַכְּפִרִ֑יםla.ke.fi.Rimfor <the> young lions
Lemma: כְּפִיר (ke.phir) · Strong's: H3715A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: lion
Used 31 times. Also: Judges 14:5, Job 4:10, Job 38:39, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 35:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3715A; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 6
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhere
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 7
הָלַךְ֩ha.laKhit walked
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 8
אַרְיֵ֨ה'ar.Yehlion
Lemma: אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) · Strong's: H0738B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lion
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 2 Samuel 17:10, 1 Kings 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0738B; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 9
לָבִ֥יאla.Vi'lioness
Lemma: לָבִיא (la.vi) · Strong's: H3833C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lion
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9, Deuteronomy 33:20, Job 4:11, Job 38:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3833C; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 10
שָׁ֛םshamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 11
גּ֥וּרgurcub of
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1482
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: whelp
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Deuteronomy 33:22, Lamentations 4:3, Ezekiel 19:2, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1482; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 12
אַרְיֵ֖ה'ar.Yehlion
Lemma: אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) · Strong's: H0738B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lion
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 2 Samuel 17:10, 1 Kings 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0738B; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 13
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 14
מַחֲרִֽיד\׃ma.cha.Rid[was one who] disturbed [them]
Lemma: חָרַד (cha.rad) · Strong's: H2729
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to tremble
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:33, Genesis 42:28, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:18, Leviticus 26:6, Deuteronomy 28:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2729; TAHOT Nahum 2:11 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Where | → | אַיֵּה H0346 where? |
| is the lions’ | → | אֲרִי H0738A lion |
| lair | → | מָעוֹן H4583 habitation |
| or the feeding ground | → | מִרְעֶה H4829 pasture |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| of the young lions | → | כְּפִיר H3715A lion |
| where | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| the lion | → | אֲרִי H0738A lion |
| and lioness | → | לָבִיא H3833C lion |
| . . . | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| prowled | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| with [their] | → | אֲרִי H0738A lion |
| cubs | → | גּוּר H1482 whelp |
| with nothing | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| to frighten them away | → | חָרַד H2729 to tremble |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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