Lexical Definition

‎טְרֵפָה‎ ṭᵉrêphâh (ter-ay-faw') torn animal ^H:N-F
feminine (collectively) of ‎טֶרֶף‎

ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).

• prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals

1) that which is torn, animal torn (by beasts)

See Greek: ἁρπαγή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טְרֵפָה‎ noun feminine animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Gen 31:39 + 8 t.

1. animal torn (by wild beasts), of sheep and goats Gen 31:39 (E); ox, ass or sheep Exod 22:12* (J E; strike out We^KlPr on Amos 3:12, as gloss from Gen 31:39); indefinite vGen 31:31 (J E; forbidden as food); commonly with ‎נְבֵלָה‎ (i.e. what dies naturally) as forbidden food, Lev 7:24 (P), Lev 17:15; Lev 22:8 (both H), Ezek 4:14; Ezek 44:31 torn flesh, in metaphor of Nineveh's king as lion Nah 2:13* (|| ‎טֶ֫רֶ ף‎).

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