[לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Psalm 57:5; of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nahum 2:13 ("" גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).

לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see Lag^{BN 93}); — Ezekiel 19:2 ("" אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel

לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ׳ל absolute Genesis 49:9 10t.; — Isaiah 30:6 ("" לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 ("" כְּפִיר); Genesis 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; "" אַרְיֵה), compare Numbers 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; "" אֲרִי), Deuteronomy 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Numbers 23:24 (קוּם; "" אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nahum 2:12 ("" אַרְיֵה), compare Isaiah 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; "" כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ Job 4:10; Job 4:11); simile of ׳י, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hosea 13:8; figurative of locusts ׳מְתַלְּעוֺת ל Joel 1:6 ("" שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).