A poetic term denoting a lion’s cub (gūr ˀaryē) in most cases. It is only in Lam 4.3 that g. is applied to jackaľs whelps (gam-tannīn ḥāləṣū šad // hēnīḳū gūrēhän ‘even the jackals draw out their breast // and feed their whelps’).
Cf. gōr ‘lion’s cub’, pluralia tantum (HALOT 185).