Nahum 2:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Young's Literal Translation
The lion is tearing parts [for] his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill [with] prey his holes, And his habitations [with] rapine.

King James Bible
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Hebrew
The lion
אַרְיֵ֤ה (’ar·yêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

mauled
טֹרֵף֙ (ṭō·rêp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2963: To pluck off, pull to pieces, to supply with food

enough for
בְּדֵ֣י (bə·ḏê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

its cubs
גֹֽרוֹתָ֔יו (ḡō·rō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1484: A cub, of the lion

and strangled prey
וּמְחַנֵּ֖ק (ū·mə·ḥan·nêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2614: To be narrow, to throttle, to choke oneself to death

for the lioness.
לְלִבְאֹתָ֑יו (lə·liḇ·’ō·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3833: To roar, a lion,

It filled
וַיְמַלֵּא־ (way·mal·lê-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

its dens
חֹרָ֔יו (ḥō·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2356: A cavity, socket, den

with the kill,
טֶ֣רֶף (ṭe·rep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2964: Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, food

and its lairs
וּמְעֹֽנֹתָ֖יו (ū·mə·‘ō·nō·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4585: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat

with mauled prey.
טְרֵפָֽה׃ (ṭə·rê·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2966: Prey, flocks devoured by animals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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