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Lamentations 3:10
“He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דֹּבdôb · dobe
H1677 · Hebrew
H1677 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the bear (as slow)
- Derivation
- or (fully) דּוֹב; from H1680 (דָּבַב);
- KJV renderings
- bear.
- Grammar
- דֹּ֣ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 17:341 Samuel 17:361 Samuel 17:372 Samuel 17:82 Kings 2:24
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 דֹּב 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.