ליש

Hebrew

Root
ל־י־שׁ (l-y-sh)
1 term

ליש וגורו אוכלים את בשר הטרף

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic لَيْث (layṯ) and Aramaic לֵיתָא.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlajiʃ/, [ˈlajiʃ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlajiʃ/, [ˈlaːjiʃ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlajiʃ/

Noun

לַיִשׁ • (láyish) m (plural indefinite לֵישִׁים, singular construct לֵישׁ־, plural construct לֵישֵׁי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. lion

   Synonyms: אַרְיֵה (aryé), לָבִיא (laví'), שַׁחַל (shákhal)

   • Tanach, Job 4:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ׃

     The lion perishes for lack of prey, and its whelps are scattered.

   • Tanach, Proverbs 30:30, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לַיִשׁ גִּבּוֹר בַּבְּהֵמָה וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹל׃

     The lion is mightiest among the beasts, and recoils before none;

   • Tanach, Isaiah 30:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     בְּאֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצוּקָה לָבִיא וָלַיִשׁ

     Through land of distress and hardship, of lion and roaring king-beast

Declension

Declension of לַיִשׁ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	לַיִשׁ	first	לֵישִׁי		לֵישֵׁנוּ
	definite	הַלַּיִשׁ	second	לֵישְׁךָ	לֵישֵׁךְ	לֵישְׁכֶם	לֵישְׁכֶן
	construct	לֵישׁ־	third	לֵישׁוֹ	לֵישָׁהּ	לֵישָׁם	לֵישָׁן
plural	indefinite	לֵישִׁים	first	לישיי / לֵישַׁי		לֵישֵׁינוּ
	definite	הַלֵּישִׁים	second	לֵישֶׁיךָ	לישייך / לֵישַׁיִךְ	לֵישֵׁיכֶם	לֵישֵׁיכֶן
	construct	לֵישֵׁי־	third	לֵישָׁיו	לֵישֶׁיהָ	לֵישֵׁיהֶם	לֵישֵׁיהֶן

References

• H3918 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “לַיִשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 301a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 710a
• “ליש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language