לָבִיא

[לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Ps 57:5 of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nah 2:13 (|| גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).

לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see Lag^{BN 93}); — Ezek 19:2 (|| אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel

לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Gen 49:9; Num 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ׳ל absolute Gen 49:9 + 10 t.; — Isa 30:6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 (|| כְּפִיר); Gen 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare Num 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), Deut 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Num 23:24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nah 2:12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Isa 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ vJob 4:10 vJob 4:11); simile of ׳י, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hos 13:8 figurative of locusts ׳מְתַלְּעוֺת ל Joel 1:6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).