Animals in the Hebrew Bible

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Lions, storks and Leviathan: the animals of the Bible by their Hebrew names.

kephir(kefir)כְּפִיר
young lion (metaphorically, a powerful ruler)
אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת וּמִרְעֶה הוּא לִכְפִירִים הָלַךְ אָרִי אָרְבֵּה שָׁם כְּפִיר אֵין מַחֲרִיד׃
“Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid? (Nahum 2:12)”
livyatan(leviathan)לִוְיָתָן
sea-dragon, leviathan
שָׁם אֳנִיּוֹת יְהַלֵּכוּן לִוְיָתָן זֶה־יָצַרְתָּ לְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ׃
“There go the ships, and Leviathan, whom you formed to play with. (Psalm 104:26)”
chasidah(hasidah)חֲסִידָה
stork
גַּם־חֲסִידָה בַשָּׁמַיִם יָדְעָה מוֹעֲדֶיהָ
“Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed times" — Jeremiah 8:7”

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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