Dude, print the passage

הֶן־עָם כְּלָבִי יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם חֲלָלִים


עָם (am)

A people / nation / community
Not just individuals, but a collective with shared identity and destiny. Here referring to Israel.
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כְּלָבִי (kelavi)

Like a lioness
From levi (lioness). The image is of feminine power, fierce in protecting and hunting. The sages sometimes see this as symbolizing Israel’s hidden strength—quiet but unstoppable when aroused.
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יָקוּם (yakum)

Rises / will rise
This is not just standing up, but a rising to purpose, awakening from stillness to action.
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וְכַאֲרִי (veka’ari)

And like a lion
Now masculine force. Together, the lioness and lion evoke complete might: protective, nurturing, dominant, sovereign.
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יִתְנַשָּׂא (yitnasa)

Lifts itself up / exalts itself
From nasa (to lift, raise, exalt). A spiritual as well as physical rising, indicating readiness and dignity.
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לֹא יִשְׁכַּב (lo yishkav)

It will not lie down / rest
No return to passivity or slumber until its purpose is fulfilled.
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עַד (ad)

Until
A marker of determination—persistence to the end.
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יֹאכַל טֶרֶף (yochal teref)

It devours prey
Teref is the torn piece, the portion seized. Symbol of victory over adversaries.
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וְדַם חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּה (vedam chalalim yishteh)

And the blood of the slain it will drink
A stark image of completeness in conquest, often read metaphorically in rabbinic and mystical traditions—not glorifying violence, but signifying triumph over forces that would destroy holiness.

Current operations in Iran are called "like a lion"

This is their pre-ayatollah flag. Rising like a lion:

24 The people rise like a lioness;
they rouse themselves like a lion
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood of its victims

It comes from the Torah.

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I do have a Bible and Numbers is the 4th book on the Old Testament.

. . . Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy are the Torah. One of the most joyous Jewish holidays is Simchat Torah, which marks the completion of the annual cycle of reading the entire Torah, week by week, and the beginning of a new cycle of reading, starting with "In the Beginning . . . "

In 2023, Simchat Torah was observed on October 7. A day of joy turned into a day of tragedy. Yet we pray and dance again and again and again, and will do so forever. Long after all the nations of this time are dust, we will still read those words.

This is not hubris, but our history and our destiny.

We are very good people to be friends with.