כְּפִ֣יר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְּפִ֣יר

   ke-FIR

   a young lion
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּפִ֣יר אֲרָי֔וֹת

   ke-FIR a-ra-YOT

   a young lion of lions
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־כַּרְמֵ֣י תִמְנָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּה֙ כְּפִ֣יר אֲרָי֔וֹת שֹׁאֵ֖ג לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

   va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO

   and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah and behold a young lion of lions roaring to meet him
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־כַּרְמֵ֣י תִמְנָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּה֙ כְּפִ֣יר אֲרָי֔וֹת שֹׁאֵ֖ג לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

   va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO

   and he went down Samson and his father and his mother to Timnah and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah and behold a young lion of lions roaring to meet him

Exegesis

The particle vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə·hin·nēh} ‘and behold’ shifts attention, leading to the descriptive apposition kefir arayot {כְּפִיר אֲרָיוֹת | ke·pîr ’a·rā·yōt} ‘a young lion among lions’, intensifying the image.

Root and etymology

כ–פ–ר🔊 kaf–pe–resh

“cub”