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His likenessדִּמְיֹנוֹis like a lionכְּאַרְיֵהthat longsיִכְסוֹףto tear,לִטְרוֹףand like a young lionוְכִכְפִירsittingיֹשֵׁבin hiding places.בְּמִסְתָּרִים
Psalms 17:12
Study it in the app“His likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion sitting in hiding places.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:12, word by word
- His likenessדִּמְיֹנdimyon
likeness
Likeness: what something resembles.
Where else “dimyon” appears- is like a lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- that longsיִכְסוֹףyichsof
long for
Long for, yearn for strongly.
Where else “yichsof” appears- to tearטְרוֹףterof
tear
To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
Where else “terof” appears- and like a young lionכְפִירchefir
young lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “chefir” appears- sittingיֹשֵׁבyoshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in hiding placesמִסְתָּרִיםmistarim
hiding place, covert
A hiding place: a hidden spot where someone hides or takes cover.
Where else “mistarim” appears
The context
11At our steps, now they have surrounded us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.
12 · This verse (above)
13Rise up, YHWH; go out to meet him, make him bend the knee; bring to safety my soul from the wicked with your sword,