Lion of Judah, Root of David, Morning Star
אַרְיֵה מִשֵּׁבֶט יְהוּדָה
Revelation's Davidic cluster: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root and Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star.
Root AND offspring — David's source and David's son at once, the riddle of Psalm 110 resolved in a single self-title. The Lion announced, the Lamb seen: Revelation 5's pivot is the whole Gospel in one turn of the head. Balaam's ancient Star rises as the last name Yeshua speaks in Scripture.
First occurrence
Gen 49:9 — Jacob's blessing: 'Judah is a lion's whelp'
Key passages
Isa 11:1 — 'A shoot from the stump of Jesse, a Branch from his roots'
Rev 5:5 — 'The Lion of the tribe of Judah has overcome' — and John turns to see a Lamb
Rev 22:16 — 'I am the Root AND the Offspring of David, the Bright Morning Star'
Num 24:17 — 'A Star shall come out of Jacob'
In the Greek Scriptures
ὁ Λέων ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα