H3833b H3833b
Lioness; a female lion, used metaphorically for fierce protection or strength
This feminine noun appears only in Ezekiel 19:2, opening a lament: 'What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched, in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.' The image presents Israel's monarchy as a lioness protecting and raising her offspring (the kings). Lioness imagery emphasizes maternal ferocity and strength—she trains her cubs to hunt and defends them against threats. The metaphor sets up the following lament over captured kings.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A female lion, used figuratively for the mother of Israel's kings. Ezekiel's allegory presents the nation as a lioness whose cubs (royal heirs) grew strong but were eventually captured. The parallel with 'lions' (masculine plural) emphasizes her place among the powerful. Spanish 'Leona' and French 'lionne' specify the female gender, crucial to the maternal imagery. The lioness metaphor combines nurturing (rearing cubs) and ferocity (dwelling among lions), befitting a royal line. 1×
AR["لَبُؤَةٌ"]·ben["সিংহী!"]·DE["[לביא]"]·EN["a-lioness"]·FR["lionne"]·heb["לביאה"]·HI["सिंहनी"]·ID["singa-betina"]·IT["[לביא]"]·jav["singa-èstri"]·KO["암사자였다"]·PT["leoa"]·RU["львица"]·ES["Leona"]·SW["simba-jike"]·TR["dişi-aslan"]·urd["شیرنی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† לְבִיָּא n.f. lioness (on format. v. LagBN 93);—Ez 19:2 (‖ אֲרָיוֹת) fig. of mother of Isr.