אריה

Hebrew

Root
א־ר־ה (ʾ-r-h)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔarway-. Cognate with Ge'ez አርዌ (ʾärwe, “animal, beast”). By surface analysis, אֲרִי +‎ ־ֵה.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈjeː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈjeː/, [ʔaʀˈjeː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈje/, [ʔærˈjeː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ærˈje/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aʁ̞ˈje/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aʁˈje/

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Noun

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m (plural indefinite אֲרָיוֹת, singular construct אֲרִי־)

1. lion

Synonyms

• אֲרִי (arí), לָבִיא (laví), לַיִשׁ (láyish), שַׁחַל (shákhal)

Derived terms

• גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה (gur aryé yehudá)

Proper noun

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m

1. (astronomy) Leo (a constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola)
2. (astrology) Leo (the zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology))

Proper noun

אַרְיֵה • (aryé) m

1. a male given name, Arye or Aryeh

See also

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה (Talé)	שׁוֹר (Shor)	תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim)	סַרְטָן (Sartan)
אַרְיֵה (Aryé)	בְּתוּלָה (Betulá)	מאזניים (Moznayim)	עַקְרָב (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת (Kashat)	גְּדִי (Gdi)	דְּלִי (Dli)	דָּגִים (Dagim)

References

• H738 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• האיר, ריאה

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַרְיֵה (aryé, “lion”).

Proper noun

אריה • (arye) m

1. a male given name from Hebrew