ליש

Hebrew

Root
ל־י־שׁ (l-y-sh)
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic لَيْث (layṯ) and Aramaic לֵיתָא.

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /lajʃ/, [ˈlajiʃ]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlajiʃ/

Noun

לַיִשׁ • (láyish) m (plural indefinite לֵישִׁים, singular construct לֵישׁ־, plural construct לֵישֵׁי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

lion
Synonyms: אַרְיֵה (aryé), לָבִיא (laví'), שַׁחַל (shákhal)
- Tanach, Job 4:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ׃
  The lion perishes for lack of prey, and its whelps are scattered.
- Tanach, Proverbs 30:30, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  לַיִשׁ גִּבּוֹר בַּבְּהֵמָה וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹל׃
  The lion is mightiest among the beasts, and recoils before none;
- Tanach, Isaiah 30:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  בְּאֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצוּקָה לָבִיא וָלַיִשׁ
  Through land of distress and hardship, of lion and roaring king-beast

Declension

Declension of **לַיִשׁ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	לַיִשׁ	first	לֵישִׁי		לֵישֵׁנוּ
	definite	הַלַּיִשׁ	second	לֵישְׁךָ	לֵישֵׁךְ	לֵישְׁכֶם	לֵישְׁכֶן
	construct	לֵישׁ־	third	לֵישׁוֹ	לֵישָׁהּ	לֵישָׁם	לֵישָׁן
plural	indefinite	לֵישִׁים	first	לישיי / לֵישַׁי		לֵישֵׁינוּ
	definite	הַלֵּישִׁים	second	לֵישֶׁיךָ	לישייך / לֵישַׁיִךְ	לֵישֵׁיכֶם	לֵישֵׁיכֶן
	construct	לֵישֵׁי־	third	לֵישָׁיו	לֵישֶׁיהָ	לֵישֵׁיהֶם	לֵישֵׁיהֶן

References

H3918 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “לַיִשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 301a
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 710a
“ליש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

South Levantine Arabic

Adverb

ליש • (lēš)

Judeo-Arabic spelling of ليش (“why, what for”)‎‎

Usage notes

Note that the Hebrew alphabet is sometimes used in writing South Levantine Arabic by Israeli Druze.