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Genesis 49:9

An offroader1358 of a lion1359 [plucking-one] is Cast; from a torn-one of my builder, you have ascended; he has bent-the-knee,1360 he has lain-stretched-out as the lion, and as a roarer1361 who is he causing him to stand up?

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The Roarer

Strong’s #3833, labiy, masc. noun, roaring one. Traditionally interpreted as “lioness” from the context of Ezekiel 19:2 which was thought to be referring to a lion as the mother.

“And you have said, Who is your mother? A roarer [labiy] in between the lions…” Eze. 19:2 literal

The preposition “in between” is specific language. But for what? The only thing I have found in scripture which one could draw a connection to are the lions [arayot] lining both sides of Solomon’s steps and throne in 1 Kings 10:19. Isa. 5:29 speaks of the labiy lion as roaring.