Lexical Definition

‎לָטַשׁ‎ lâṭash (law-tash') to sharpen ^H:V
a primitive root

instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

• properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לָטַשׁ‎] verb hammer, sharpen, whet (Late Hebrew id., hammer, tap; Aramaic ‎לְטַשׁ‎, sharpen; Arabic strike, tap); —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִלְטוֺשׁ‎ Job 16:9; Ps 7:13* Infinitive construct ‎לֵלְטוֺשׁ‎ 1Sam 13:20 Participle ‎לֹטֵשׁ‎; —

1. hammer, only Participle = hammerer followed by ‎כָּלתֹֿרֵשׁ‎ Gen 4:22 (J).

2. sharpen sword ‎חֶרֶב‎ (accusative) Ps 7:13* compare 1Sam 13:20, object ‎מַחֲרֶשֶׁת‎, ‎אֵת‎, ‎קַרְדֹּם‎, ‎מַחֲרֵשָׁה‎; figurative ‎עֵינַיִם לִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Job 16:9 my foe whets his eye for me Pu`al Participle ‎תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ‎ Ps 52:4* a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).

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