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Isaiah 11:6

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גּוּרgûwr · goor
H1481 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • גָ֤ר — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage
Occurs 98 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:10Genesis 19:9Genesis 20:1Genesis 21:23Genesis 21:34

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.