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Hebrew wordlink #259904

OSHB Psa 91:13 כְּפִיר (kəfīr) Strongs=3715 a Lemma=‘כְּפִיר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_young_lion’ word gloss=‘young_lion’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (4) of identical word form כְּפִיר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כְּפִיר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_young_lion’.

EZE 19:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_lion’ word gloss=‘young_lion’ OSHB EZE 19:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 And_she _brought _up one of_her _of_cubs a _young _lion it _was and_it _learned to_tear prey human[s] it _devoured. (EZE_19:3)

OET-RV: 3 She’s the one who raised one of her cubs to become a young lion—
⇔ a lion who learned to tear apart his victims,
⇔ and then he devoured people. (EZE 19:3)

EZE 19:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_lion’ word gloss=‘young_lion’ OSHB EZE 19:5 word 9

OET-LV: 5 And_she/it _saw if/because _that she _waited it _was _lost hope _of_her and_she/it _took one of_her _of_cubs a _young _lion she_made _it. (EZE_19:5)

OET-RV: 5 The mother lion waited for his return,
⇔ but eventually she realised that he wasn’t coming back,
⇔ so she took another one of her cubs and made him into a young lion. (EZE 19:5)

EZE 19:6 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_lion’ word gloss=‘young_lion’ OSHB EZE 19:6 word 4

OET-LV: 6 And_he/it _walked/wandered in _the_middle lions a _young _lion it _was and_it _learned to_tear prey human[s] it _devoured. (EZE_19:6)

OET-RV: 6 This young lion roamed around amongst the other lions.
⇔ He was a young lion and learned to tear his victims—
⇔ he devoured people. (EZE 19:6)

AMOS 3:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_lion’ word gloss=‘young_lion’ OSHB AMOS 3:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 Does_it _roar a _lion in_forest and_prey there_is_not to_him/it does_it _give _forth a _young _lion voice _of_its from_its _of_den except if it _has _caught_something. (AMO_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 Would a lion roar in the forest when he doesn’t have any prey?
⇔ ≈ Would a young lion growl from his den if he’s caught nothing? (AMO 3:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘כְּפִיר’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a_young_lion’, ‘a_young_lion_of’.