Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

> But the first part of the verse still gives me problems. לביא LBY)
> means lioness, used in plural only in Nahum 2:12 so I wonder if it
> here comes from the concept of coming?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
Dear Karl,

Without getting into the problem of Ps. 57, "lavi" - LBY) - appears 12 times 
as a lion. For two clear examples see Gen. 49:9 and Num. 24:9, in both of 
which it is paralleled by "aryeh" or "ary". The fem. form "levi'ah" only 
appears in Nah. 2:13, in the plural.

Yigal Levin