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The lionאַרְיֵהtoreטֹרֵףenoughבְּדֵיfor his cubsגֹרוֹתָיוand strangledוּמְחַנֵּקfor his lionesses,לְלִבְאֹתָיוand filledוַיְמַלֵּאhis cavesחֹרָיוwith preyטֶרֶףand his densוּמְעֹנֹתָיוwith torn flesh.טְרֵפָה
Nahum 2:12
Study it in the app“The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 2:12, word by word
- The lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- toreטֹרֵףtoref
tear
To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
Where else “toref” appears- enoughדֵיde
enough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “de” appears- for his cubsגֹרוֹתָיgorotay
cub
Cub (of a lion).
Where else “gorotay” appears- and strangledמְחַנֵּקmechanek
strangle
To squeeze the prey's throat until it dies.
Where else “mechanek” appears- for his lionessesלִבְאֹתָיlivotay
lioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “livotay” appears- and filledיְמַלֵּאyemale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yemale” appears- his cavesחֹרָיchoray
hole, cave
A hole, a hollow in the earth or in the rock.
Where else “choray” appears- with preyטֶרֶףteref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “teref” appears- and his densמְעֹנֹתָיmeonotay
den
The lair of a wild beast, where it lies down or rears its young.
Where else “meonotay” appears- with torn fleshטְרֵפָהterefa
torn animal
An animal torn by a wild beast.
Where else “terefa” appears
The context
11Where is the den of the lions and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion walked, the lioness, there the lion’s cub, and there was no one to make them afraid?
12 · This verse (above)
13“Look, I am against you, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will burn in smoke her chariots, and the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off from the earth your prey, and no longer will be heard the voice of your messengers.”