Lamentations 3:10

ד (Dalet)

3:10 To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, ¹ 

like a hidden lion ²  stalking its prey. ³ 

[3:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he is to me [like] a bear lying in wait.”

[3:10]  ² tc The Kethib is written אַרְיֵה (’aryeh, “lion”), while the Qere is אֲרִי (’ari, “lion”), simply a short spelling of the same term (BDB 71 s.v. אַרְיֵה).

[3:10]  ³ tn Heb “a lion in hiding places.”