Lexical Definition

‎זְאֵב‎ zᵉʼêb (zeh-abe') wolf ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to be yellow

wolf.

• a wolf

1) wolf

See Greek: λύκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎זְאֵב‎ noun masculine^{Isa 11:6} wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (jackal according to Hom^{NS 303 ff.}; but see RS^{ZMG 1880, 373 and} Doughty^{Arab. Deseria i. 327}; ii. 144, 145) Aramaic ‎דֵּיבָה‎, Assyrian zîbu Dl^{S 47}; Ethiopic hyena Di¹⁰⁵⁶ (on formation compare Lag^{BN 58}); Phoenician in compound proper name ‎זיבקם‎) — ‎זְאֵב‎ absolute Gen 49:27 + 2 t.; construct Jer 5:6 plural ‎זְאֵבִים‎ Ezek 22:27 construct ‎זְאֵבֵי‎ Hab 1:8; Zeph 3:3 — wolf, never in narrative; in predictions of peace in Messian. age ‎וְגָר זְאֵב עִם כֶּבֶשׂ‎ Isa 11:6 ‎זְאֵב וְטָלֶה יִרְעוּ כְּאֶחָד‎ Isa 65:25 in simile, of Benjamin's fierceness ‎זְאֵב יִטְרָ֑ף‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 49:27 of fierce horses of Chaldeans ‎חַדּוּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב‎ Hab 1:8 (|| ‎קַלּוּ מִנְּמֵרִים‎); of princes of Judah ‎כִּזְאֵבִים‎ ‎טֹרְפֵי טָ֑רֶף‎ Ezek 22:27 metaphor of enemies of Judah Jer 5:6 ‎זְאֵב עֲרָבוֺת‎ (|| ‎אַרְיֵה‎, ‎נָמֵר‎); of corrupt and oppressive judges ‎שֹׁפְטֶיהָ זְאֵבֵי עֶרֶב‎ Zeph 3:3 (|| ‎אֲרָיוֺת שֹׁאֲגִים‎).

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