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Ezekiel 19:2-6

2and sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559: ‘Whatמָ֤הmahH4100was your motherאִמְּךָ֙'i.me.KhaH517?A lionessלְבִיָּ֔אle.vi.Ya'H3833amongבֵּ֥יןbeinH996the lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a.ra.YotH738!She lay downרָבָ֑צָהra.Va.tzahH7257amongבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432the young lionsכְּפִרִ֖יםke.fi.RimH3715;she rearedרִבְּתָ֥הri.be.TahH7235her cubsגוּרֶֽיהָ׃gu.Rei.haH1482.

3She brought upוַתַּ֛עַלva.Ta.'alH5927oneאֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadH259of her cubsמִגֻּרֶ֖יהָmi.gu.Rei.haH1482,and he becameהָיָ֑הha.YahH1961a young lionכְּפִ֣ירke.FirH3715.After learningוַיִּלְמַ֥דvai.yil.MadH3925to tearלִטְרָף־lit.rof-H2963hispreyטֶ֖רֶףTe.refH2964,he devouredאָכָֽל׃'a.KhalH398menאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120.

4When the nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471heardוַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּvai.yish.me.'UH8085of himאֵלָ֛יו'e.LavH413,he was trappedנִתְפָּ֑שׂnit.PasH8610in their pitבְּשַׁחְתָּ֣םbe.shach.TamH7845.With hooksבַֽחַחִ֖יםva.cha.ChimH2397they led him awayוַיְבִאֻ֥הוּvay.vi.'U.huH935toאֶל־'el-H413the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

5When she sawוַתֵּ֙רֶא֙va.Te.re'H7200thatכִּ֣יkiH3588she had waited in vainנֽוֹחֲלָ֔הno.cha.LahH3176,that her hopeתִּקְוָתָ֑הּtik.va.TahH8615was lostאָבְדָ֖ה'a.ve.DahH6,she tookוַתִּקַּ֛חva.ti.KachH3947anotherאֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadH259of her cubsמִגֻּרֶ֖יהָmi.gu.Rei.haH1482and made himשָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃sa.Ma.te.huH7760a young lionכְּפִ֥ירke.FirH3715.

6He prowledוַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְvai.yit.ha.LekhH1980amongבְּתוֹךְ־be.tokh-H8432the lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת'a.ra.YotH738,and becameהָיָ֑הha.YahH1961a young lionכְּפִ֣ירke.FirH3715.After learningוַיִּלְמַ֥דvai.yil.MadH3925to tearלִטְרָף־lit.rof-H2963hispreyטֶ֖רֶףTe.refH2964,he devouredאָכָֽל׃'a.KhalH398menאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120.

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