Lexical Definition

‎טָרַף‎ ṭâraph (taw-raf') to tear ^H:V
a primitive root

catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).

• to pluck off or pull to pieces
• causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)

1) to tear, rend, pluck
1a) (Qal) to tear, rend
1b) (Niphal) to be torn in pieces
1c) (Poal) to be torn in pieces
1d) (Hiphil) to provide food

See Greek: ἁρπάζω · ἅρπαξ · θήρα · θηρεύω · κάρφος · συντάσσω · συντρίβω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טָרַף‎ verb tear, rend, pluck (Late Hebrew id., especially of wild beasts; Aramaic ‎טָרַף‎ tear, seize, especially of creditors; ‎טְרֵיפָא‎ torn flesh or animal; Arabic depasture, said of camel) —

Qal Perfect ‎טָרַף‎ Job 16:9 ‎טָרָ֑ף‎ Hos 6:1, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִטְרֹף‎ Ps 7:3* ‎וַיִּטְרֹף‎ Amos 1:11 (but see below); ‎יִטְרָ֑ף‎ Gen 49:27 ‎אֶטְרֹף‎ Hos 5:14; Ps 50:22 Infinitive ‎לִטְרֹף‎ Ps 17:12 Participle active ‎טֹרֵף‎ Job 18:4, etc.; — tear rend, of wild beasts, Gen 37:33 (J), Gen 44:28 (J; infinitive absolute with Punic q. v. ), Exod 22:12* (J E; infinitive absolute with Niph`al q. v.) Elsewhere only in simile and metaphor; simile of Gad's fierceness Deut 33:20 (like a lioness, poem); so of Benjamin Gen 49:27 (as a wolf, poem); of the remnant of Jacob, like a young lion among sheep, ‎רָמַס וְטָרַף‎ Mic 5:7* of the wicked, Ps 17:12 (lion), Ps 7:3* object ‎נַפְשִׁי‎ (like a lion); Ps 22:14* psalmist's foes like lion (|| ‎שֹׁאֵג‎); Ezek 22:25 (‎טֹרֵף טָ֑רֶף‎), princes like wolves vEzek 22:27 (id.); metaphor of Israel's princes, like young lion Ezek 19:3; Ezek 19:6 (with ‎טֶרֶף‎ accusative of congnate meaning with verb); of Nineveh's king Nah 2:13* (as lion); of God's treatment of the wicked Hos 5:14 (like a lion), Ps 50:22 subject wrath of God (‎אַף‎) conceived as assailing Job, Job 16:9 his wrath teareth and persecuteth me; compare ‎טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ‎ Hos 6:1 subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ (|| ‎יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ‎; on tenses see Dr<sup>§ 84 β; 171, 174 n. 1</sup>); subject anger of Edom (absolute) Amos 1:11, but read perhaps ‎וַיִּטֹּר‎ for ‎וַיִּטְרֹף‎ and he kept his anger perpetually, so Ol on Ps 103:9 We; ‎טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֺ בְּאַפּוֺ‎, said of Job by Bildad Job 18:4. Niph`al Imperfect of animal torn (by wild beasts) ‎טָרֹף יִטָּרֵף‎ Exod 22:12* (JE); ‎יִטָּרֵף‎ also in prediction of judgment on people of Jerusalem Jer 5:6. Pu`al Perfect ‎טָרֹף טֹרַף יוֺסֵף‎ Gen 37:33 (J) Joseph has certainly been torn in pieces; compare ‎טֹרָ֑ף‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Gen 44:28 (J). Hiph`il Imperative masculine singular suffix, note especially 2nd accusative ‎לֶחֶם‎, ‎הַטְרִפֵנִי לָחֶם חֻקִּי‎ Prov 30:8 let me devour my appointed bread (of men, late; compare ‎טֶרֶף‎ Prov 31:15, and Ps 111:5; Mal 3:10).

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