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hwelp (גּוּר, guÌ„r, or גּור, goÌ„r; either absol. ( 10, 10, 10; Nab 2:12); or constr. with 'aryeÌ„h, “lion†(; ; ; ); also ×œ×‘×™× ×‘Ö¼× ×™, beneÌ„ laÌ„bhı̄', literally, “sons of a lioness,†translated “the whelps of the lioness†(). In , the King James Version has “lion's whelps†for ש××—×¥ ×‘Ö¼× ×™, beneÌ„ shaÌ„hÌ£ac, which the Revised Version (British and American) renders “proud beasts,†margin “sons of pride.†In guÌ„r is used of the young of tannı̄n the Revised Version (British and American) “jackal,†the King James Version “sea-monsters,†the King James Version margin “sea-calvesâ€; it may possibly mean “wolvesâ€; σκυÌμνος, skuÌmnos, the technical word for “lion's whelp†(1 Macc 3:4)): These references are all figurative: “Judah is a lion's whelp†(); “Dan is a lion's whelp†(); it is said of the Babylonians, “They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps†(); of the Assyrians, “Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin†(, ). In -9, the princes of Israel are compared to lions' whelps. See DRAGON; LION.