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Nahum 2:12

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← Nahum 2:11	Nahum 2:12 (KJV)	Nahum 2:13 →
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?	The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.	Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The lion^H738 did tear in pieces^H2963 enough^H1767 for his whelps^H1484, and strangled^H2614 for his lionesses^H3833, and filled^H4390 his holes^H2356 with prey^H2964, and his dens^H4585 with ravin^H2966.

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Original Hebrew

אַיֵּה מְעֹון אֲרָיֹות וּמִרְעֶה הוּא לַכְּפִרִים אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם גּוּר אַרְיֵה וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַיֵּה֙	'ai.Yeh	H346	HTi	where?
מְע֣וֹן	me.'on	H4583	HNcbsc	(is the) dwelling place of
אֲרָי֔וֹת	'a.ra.Yot	H738	HNcmpa	lions
וּ/מִרְעֶ֥ה	u./mir.'Eh	H4829	HC/Ncmsa	and/ (is) pasture
ה֖וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
לַ/כְּפִרִ֑ים	la./ke.fi.Rim	H3715	HRd/Ncmpa	for (the)/ young lions
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	where
הָלַךְ֩	ha.laKh	H1980	HVqp3ms	it walked
אַרְיֵ֨ה	'ar.Yeh	H738	HNcmsa	lion
לָבִ֥יא	la.Vi'	H3833	HNcbsa	lioness
שָׁ֛ם	sham	H8033	HD	there
גּ֥וּר	gur	H1482	HNcmsc	cub of
אַרְיֵ֖ה	'ar.Yeh	H738	HNcmsa	lion
וְ/אֵ֥ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
מַחֲרִֽיד	ma.cha.Rid	H2729	HVhrmsa	(was one who) disturbed (them)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H738 — אֲרִי (ʼărîy, ar-ee'): or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
• H1484 — גּוֹר (gôwr, gore): or (feminine) גֹּרָה; a variation of גּוּר; {a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion}; whelp.
• H1767 — דַּי (day, dahee): of uncertain derivation; enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases; able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
• H2356 — חוֹר (chôwr, khore): or (shortened) חֹר; the same as חוּר; a cavity, socket, den; cave, hole.
• H2614 — חָנַק (chânaq, khaw-nak'): a primitive root (compare חָנַךְ); to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope); hang self, strangle.
• H2963 — טָרַף (ṭâraph, taw-raf'): a primitive root; to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels); catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).
• H2964 — טֶרֶף (ṭereph, teh'-ref): from טָרַף; something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food; leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
• H2966 — טְרֵפָה (ṭᵉrêphâh, ter-ay-faw'): feminine (collectively) of טֶרֶף; prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals; ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
• H3833 — לָבִיא (lâbîyʼ, law-bee'): or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare אֲרִי; to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)); (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
• H4390 — מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, maw-lay'): or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively); accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.
• H4585 — מְעוֹנָה (mᵉʻôwnâh, meh-o-naw'): or מְעֹנָה; feminine of מָעוֹן, and meaning the same; {an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)}; den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H346 — אַיֵּה (ʼayêh, ah-yay'): prolonged from אַי; where?; where.
• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1482 — גּוּר (gûwr, goor): or (shortened) גֻּר; perhaps from גּוּר; a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion; whelp, young one.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H2729 — חָרַד (chârad, khaw-rad'): a primitive root; to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety); be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.
• H3715 — כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'): from כָּפַר; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane); (young) lion, village. Compare כָּפָר.
• H4583 — מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn, maw-ohn'): or מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as עוֹנָה; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum); den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.
• H4829 — מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh, meer-eh'): from רָעָה in the sense of feeding; pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals; feeding place, pasture.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and filled — Psalms 17:12, Isaiah 10:6-14, Jeremiah 51:34

Reciprocal references (12): Exodus 22:13, Psalms 10:9, Proverbs 1:13, Isaiah 15:7, Isaiah 37:18, Jeremiah 5:6, Ezekiel 19:2, Ezekiel 26:3, Daniel 6:7, Nahum 2:9, Nahum 3:1, Nahum 3:19

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ANIMALS
• Torrey’s: LION, THE
• Nave’s: LION

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