Revelation 13:2

And the Chayyah which I saw was like a namer and the feet of it as a dov and the mouth of it as the mouth of an aryeh and the Dragon NACHASH gave to the Chayyah its ko'ach and its Kes and its great samchut (authority).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

In Context

1+ 13:1 CHAPTER 13 COULD BE TITLED: THE “NUREMBERG RALLIES” OF THE LITTLE MOUTH OF THE LITTLE HORN ( Dan 7:8 ) WHO IS THE CHAYYAH (BEAST, ANTI-MOSHIACH) And I saw out of the yam (sea) a Chayyah (Beast, Anti-Moshiach) coming up, having eser (ten) karnayim (horns) and shiva (seven) heads and on the horns of it asarah (ten) diadems and on the heads of it there were names of Chillul Hashem gidufim (blasphemies). + 13:1 Dan 7:1-6; 11:36

3And one of its roshim (heads) seemed to have received a mortal wound and to have been slain, and the wound causing its mavet was healed, and kol ha'aretz marveled, following after the Chayyah.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:34And Dovid said unto Sha'ul, Thy eved is ro'eh (shepherd) of tzon of aviv, and there came the ari, and the dov, and carried off seh out of the eder (flock):

Psalms 22:21Deliver my nefesh from the cherev, 1 my yechid (only one, only) [nefesh] from the power of the kelev (dog). 1

Proverbs 28:15As a roaring ari, and a charging dov (bear), 1 so is a wicked moshel (ruler) over the am dal (poor people). 1

Jeremiah 5:6Therefore an aryeh (lion) out of the forest shall slay them, 1 and a ze'ev (wolf) of the deserts shall destroy them, 1 a namer (leopard) shall prowl near their towns; 1 every one that ventureth out from there shall be torn to pieces; 1 because their peysha'im (rebellions) are many, 1 and their meshuvot (backslidings) are increased. 1

Daniel 7:4Harishonah (the first) was like an arye (lion), and had eagleʼs wings. I was beholding until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from ha'aretz, and was made to stand upon two feet like a man, and a manʼs lev was given to it. + 7:4 See Dan 4:34 [4:31]

Hosea 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; 1 as a leopard by the derech will I lie in wait; 1

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:2-11

The First Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all… Read the whole commentary →

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