Senses
1. lion(s) — The common noun for lion (אַרְיֵה) in its plural/determined forms, referring to the large predatory feline known throughout the ancient Near East. Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'lions/like-lion', spa 'leones/león', hin 'सिंहों/सिंह', arb 'الأُسُودِ/أَسَدٍ', kor '사자들/사자', swa 'simba/kama-simba'. The two clusters differ only in number (plural definite 'the lions' vs. singular with comparative preposition כ 'like a lion'), both referring to the literal animal. The simile construction is syntactic, not a metaphorical sense shift of the noun itself. 10×
AR["الأُسُودُ","الأُسُودِ","كَـ-أَسَدٍ"]·ben["সিংহদের","সিংহরা","সিংহের-মতো"]·DE["Loewe","Loewen"]·EN["like-lion","lions","the-lions"]·FR["comme-un-lion","lion"]·heb["ה-אריות","כ-אריה"]·HI["सिंह-के-समान","सिंहों","सिंहों-का","सिंहों-के","सिंहों-ने"]·ID["-singa-singa","seperti-singa"]·IT["leone","leoni"]·jav["kados-singa","singa"]·KO["사자들","사자들-의","사자들-이","에같이-사자"]·PT["como-um-leão","leões","os-leões"]·RU["как-лев","львов","львы"]·ES["como-león","los-leones","los-leones?"]·SW["kama-simba","simba"]·TR["aslan-gibi","aslanların","dan-","ki","ki-","onlara","çukuruna"]·urd["شیر","شیر-کی-مانند","شیروں","شیروں-کا","شیروں-کا-تھا","شیروں-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַרְיֵה n.m. Dn 6:25b lion;—abs. א׳ Dn 7:4 (sim.); pl. emph. אַרְיָוָתָא (D 153) 6:8, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25(×2), 28.