Does Psalm 22:16 say "Pierced" or "Like Lions"?

The word above, the prefix Ki means "like" and Ari means "Lion" in Hebrew
However in ancient Hebrew the last letter Yud and the letter Vav are very similar looking.
Both are a vertical line. The Yud is shorter and the Vav is a longer stroke, however compared to modern day hebrew the Yud is much longer and closer to the Vav.
It is suspected that the word was written as Ki-Aroo which would likely be an alternative spelling of the root hebrew word (Ka-Rah) meaning "to dig".

There is a Psalms scroll discovered in the Qumran that supports this but it was damaged too much to be conclusive.
There was another scroll found in Nahal Hever that does find the word as written to support "they dug at my hands and feet".
Overall:
- The majority of manuscripts have Ki-Ari - "Like a Lion"
- A "few" manuscripts have Ki-Aroo which is "unclear" but could be related to "dig"
- Two manuscripts have Ki-Roo meaning "They dig"
What about early translations from Hebrew to other languages?
The earliest translations such as the LXX, Qumran, Aquila's translations, and other Jewish translations used "they pierced" as the meaning.
Even Jewish scholars have debated this passage as it lacks a verb, and generally agree that the word here, is wrong from what it originally was in earlier manuscripts.
Even if the proper translation is "like lions"... what are the lions doing?
Earlier it said they opened their mouths...obviously the meaning here is to pierce or bite...and specifically at the hands and feet.