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And she sawוַתֵּרֶאthatכִּיshe had waited,נוֹחֲלָהthat her hopeתִּקְוָתָהּwas lost;אָבְדָהand she tookוַתִּקַּחanotherאֶחָדof her cubs;מִגֻּרֶיהָshe made himשָׂמָתְהוּa young lion.כְּפִיר
Ezekiel 19:5
Study it in the app“And she saw that she had waited, that her hope was lost; and she took another of her cubs; she made him a young lion.”
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Ezekiel 19:5, word by word
- And she sawתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- she had waitedנוֹחֲלָהnochala
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “nochala” appears- that her hopeתִּקְוָתָtikvata
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvata” appears- was lostאָבְדָהavda
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avda” appears- and she tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- anotherאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- of her cubsגֻּרֶיgure
lion cub
Lion's cub.
Where else “gure” appears- she made himשָׂמָתְsamat
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samat” appears- a young lionכְּפִירkefir
young lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “kefir” appears
The context
4And the nations heard of him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 · This verse (above)
6And he walked about among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to tear prey; he devoured human beings.