Psalms 17:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרֽ͏ִים׃

Transliteration

Dimyōnô kǝ'aryēh yiksôf liṭrôf wǝkikhfîr yōšēb bǝmistārîm

Grammar Details

*Dimyōnô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his likeness
*kǝ'aryēh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a lion
*yiksôf*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he longs/desires
*liṭrôf*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to tear/rend/prey
*wǝkikhfîr*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and like a young lion
*yōšēb*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sitting/dwelling
*bǝmistārîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in hiding places

Word Meanings

*Dimyōnô*: his likeness/resemblance/appearance
*yiksôf*: he longs/desires/yearns

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Ps 22:13 : 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lam 3:10-11
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10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
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Ezek 19:2-3
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2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
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Ps 34:10
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Ps 17:9
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Isa 31:4
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