BDB2262

I. זְאֵב noun masculine ^{Isa 11:6} wolf (Late Hebrew id., Arabic [untranscribed source text 1355] (jackal according to Hom^{NS 303 ff.}; but see RS^{ZMG 1880, 373 and} Doughty^{Arab. Deseria i. 327}; ii. 144, 145) Aramaic דֵּיבָה, [untranscribed source text 1356] Assyrian zîbu Dl^{S 47}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1357] 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).