Ezekiel 19:2
and thou shalt say, Why thy mother, a lioness, lay among lions? In the midst of little lions she nourished her whelps,This verse in the real world
In what words
- גּוּרgûwra cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- רָבַץrâbatsto crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline,
- אֲרִיʼărîya lion
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 11:6–9, Isa 5:29, Psa 58:6, Zec 11:3, Job 4:11, Zep 3:1–4, Nam 2:11–12