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# whelp

noun (whelps); verb (whelps, whelped, whelping)

«whelp» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/#m1)
2. (old use) To whelp is to give birth to young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a wolf with her whelps is a mother guarding her young cubs

### Examples

- A wolf came out with her whelps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/#x1)
- The two whelps were brothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/#x2)
- The whelps played in the den. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Used for a young lion, as a picture of the strength of the tribes of Judah and Dan.

**Interpretation.** Jacob's blessing of Judah as a lion's cub is read as a sign that kings would come from Judah, including David and the Messiah.

### Examples

- Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x1)
- And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan. (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x2)
- They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps. (Prophets JER.51.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x3)
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x4)
- Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. (Writings PRO.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whelp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whelp/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whelp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whelp.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «whelp» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whelp/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whelp» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/whelp.html) on Mova free.