Original Language Studio
Genesis 49:9
“Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גּוּרgûwr · goor
H1482 · Hebrew
H1482 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
- Derivation
- or (shortened) גֻּר; perhaps from H1481 (גּוּר);
- KJV renderings
- whelp, young one.
- Grammar
- גּ֤וּר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 33:22Lamentations 4:3Ezekiel 19:2Ezekiel 19:3Ezekiel 19:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גּוּר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.