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lioness (female lion)

Senses
1. lioness (female lion) A lioness or female lion, used in poetic and prophetic imagery. All four clusters represent the same noun לָבִיא (lavi) meaning 'lioness,' varying only by prepositions and grammatical context (absolute, with ל 'to/for', with כ 'like/as', with the article). Arabic consistently uses لَبُؤَة (labu'ah, 'lioness'), Korean uses 암사자 (amsaja, 'female lion'), Hindi uses सिंहनी (siṃhnī, 'lioness'), Swahili uses simba jike ('female lion'), and Spanish uses leona ('lioness'). S108315 shows English 'as the lion' and Hindi सिंह (siṃh, 'lion' masculine), but Arabic/Swahili/Spanish still indicate 'lioness,' suggesting contextual ambiguity rather than a separate sense. 11×
ANIMALS Animals Lions and Cubs
AR["اللَّبُؤَةِ","كَ-لَبُؤَةٍ","كَاللَّبُؤَةِ","كَـ-اللَّبُؤَةِ","كَلَبوَةٍ","لَبُؤَةٌ","لَبُؤَةٍ","لَبْوَةٍ","لِلَّبُؤَةِ","وَ-كَ-لَبُؤَةٍ","وَكَلَبُوةٍ"]·ben["-সিংহীর-জন্য","-সিংহীর-মতো","আর-সিংহীর-মতো","এবং-সিংহীর-মতো","সিংহিনী","সিংহী","সিংহীর","সিংহীর-মতো","সিংহের-মতো"]·DE["[כלביא]","[לביא]","[ללביא]","und-wie-ein-lioness","und-wie-eine-Löwin","wie-ein-Loewe","wie-lioness"]·EN["a-lioness","and-as-lioness","and-like-a-lioness","as-the-lion","for-the-lioness","like-a-lion","like-lioness","lioness","the-lioness"]·FR["[כלביא]","[לביא]","comme-lioness","comme-un-lion","et-comme-lioness","et-comme-un-lioness","lionne","à-ללביא","לביא"]·heb["ו-כ-לביא","ו-כלביא","כ-כלביא","כ-לביא","ל-לביא","לביא"]·HI["और-जैसे-सिंहनी","और-सिंहनी-की-तरह","जैसे-सिंह","जैसे-सिंहनी","शेरनी","सिंहनी","सिंहनी-की","सिंहनी-की-तरह","सिंहनी-के","सिंहनी-के-लिए","सिंहनी-के-समान"]·ID["dan-seperti-singa-betina","seperti-singa","seperti-singa-betina","singa-betina","untuk-singa betina"]·IT["[כלביא]","[לביא]","come-lioness","come-un-leone","e-come-lioness","e-come-un-lioness","per-per-il-lioness","un-lioness"]·jav["kados-singa","kados-singa-estri","kados-singa-èstri","kanggé-singa-èstri","lan-kados-singa-estri","lan-kados-singa-èstri","singa-estri","singa-wadon","singa-èstri"]·KO["같으니라-암사자에","같이-암사자","그리고-같이-암사자","그리고-암사자-처럼","사자-같으니","암사자-를-위하여","암사자-와","암사자-의","암사자-처럼","암사자와","암사자의"]·PT["a-leoa","como-leoa","como-leão","e-como-leoa","leoa","para-a-leoa"]·RU["для-львицы","и-как-львица","как-лев","как-львица","как-у-львицы","львица","львицы"]·ES["como-leona","como-león","leona","para-leona","y-como-leona"]·SW["akamruka-na-mvua","kama-simba","kama-simba-jike","kwa-simba-jike","na-kama-simba-jike","simba","simba-jike"]·TR["disi-aslan","disi-aslan-gibi","dişi-aslan","dişi-aslan-gibi","dişi-aslan-için","dişi-aslanın","ve-dişi-aslan-gibi"]·urd["اور-شیرنی-کی-طرح","شیر-کی-طرح","شیرنی","شیرنی کے لیے","شیرنی-کی","شیرنی-کی-طرح","شیرنی-کے"]

Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)H5175 1. serpent, snake (31×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
לָבִיא n.[m.] lion, poss. also [f.] lioness (cf. Arabic usage, and Gn 49:9; Nu 24:9; Jb 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain);—ל׳ abs. Gn 49:9 + 10 times;—Is 30:6 (‖ לַיִשׁ), Jb 38:39 (‖ כְּפִיר); Gn 49:9 in sim. of victor’s repose (רָבַץ; ‖ אַרְיֵה), cf. Nu 24:9 (c. שָׁכַב; ‖ אֲרִי), Dt 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); v. also Nu 23:24 (קוּם; ‖ אֲרִי); fig. of Nineveh Na 2:12 (‖ אַרְיֵה), cf. Is