King James Version
Ezekiel 19:3 in the King James Version says “And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.”
Ezekiel 19:3 · 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.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And she brought up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“it became a young lion”
H3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and it learned”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“to catch”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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