ar-ee'
or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}; from 717 (in the sense of
violence); a lion:--(young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
see Hebrew for [0717]
And so it was at the beginning [08462] of their dwelling [03427] there, that they feared [03372] not the Lord [03068]: therefore the Lord [03068] sent [07971] lions [0738] among them, which slew [02026] some of them.
Wherefore they spake [0559] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], saying [0559], The nations [01471] which thou hast removed [01540], and placed [03427] in the cities [05892] of Samaria [08111], know [03045] not the manner [04941] of the God [0430] of the land [0776]: therefore he hath sent [07971] lions [0738] among them, and, behold, they slay [04191] them, because they know [03045] not the manner [04941] of the God [0430] of the land [0776].