King James Version
Ezekiel 19:2 in the King James Version says “And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”
Ezekiel 19:2 · KJV
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What is thy mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“A lioness”
H3833a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“she lay down”
H7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
“young lions”
H3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
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