ליש
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ליש וגורו אוכלים את בשר הטרף
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ל־י־שׁ (l-y-sh) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic لَيْث (layṯ) and Aramaic לֵיתָא.
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlajiʃ/,
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlajiʃ/,
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlajiʃ/
Noun
לַיִשׁ • (láyish) m (plural indefinite לֵישִׁים, singular construct לֵישׁ־, plural construct לֵישֵׁי־)
- lion
- Tanach, Job 4:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ׃
- The lion perishes for lack of prey, and its whelps are scattered.
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:30, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לַיִשׁ גִּבּוֹר בַּבְּהֵמָה וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹל׃
- The lion is mightiest among the beasts, and recoils before none;
- Tanach, Isaiah 30:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בְּאֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצוּקָה לָבִיא וָלַיִשׁ
- Through land of distress and hardship, of lion and roaring king-beast
Declension
Declension of לַיִשׁ
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | לַיִשׁ | first | לֵישִׁי | לֵישֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הַלַּיִשׁ | second | לֵישְׁךָ | לֵישֵׁךְ | לֵישְׁכֶם | לֵישְׁכֶן | |
| construct | לֵישׁ־ | third | לֵישׁוֹ | לֵישָׁהּ | לֵישָׁם | לֵישָׁן | |
| plural | indefinite | לֵישִׁים | first | לישיי / לֵישַׁי | לֵישֵׁינוּ | ||
| definite | הַלֵּישִׁים | second | לֵישֶׁיךָ | לישייך / לֵישַׁיִךְ | לֵישֵׁיכֶם | לֵישֵׁיכֶן | |
| construct | לֵישֵׁי־ | third | לֵישָׁיו | לֵישֶׁיהָ | לֵישֵׁיהֶם | לֵישֵׁיהֶן | |
References
- H3918 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “לַיִשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 301a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 710a
- “ליש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language