See ליש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1030#ל_ו|30:6]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"text": "בְּאֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצוּקָה לָבִיא וָלַיִשׁ",
"translation": "Through land of distress and hardship, of lion and roaring king-beast",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lion"
],
"links": [
[
"lion",
"lion"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "אַרְיֵה"
},
{
"word": "לָבִיא"
},
{
"word": "שַׁחַל"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lajʃ/",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlajiʃ]",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlajiʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "ליש"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ליש meaning in Hebrew (7.1kB)
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"trace": ""
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