•טָרַף
S
2963
TWOT
827
GK
3271
vb.
tear, rend, pluck
(NH
id.
, especially of wild beasts; Aramaic
טְרַף
tear, seize
, especially of creditors;
טְרֵיפָא
torn flesh
or
animal;
Arabic
طَرَفَ
(
ṭarafa
)
depasture
, said of camel
)
—
Qal
Pf.
מָרַף
Jb 16:
9;
טָרָ˜ף
Ho 6:
1, etc.;
Impf.
יִטְרֹף
ψ 7:3
;
וַיִּטְרֹף
Am 1:11
(but
v. infr
.);
יִטְרָ˜ף
Gn 49:2
7;
אֶטְרֹף
Ho 5:14
ψ 50:22
;
Inf.
לִטְרֹף
ψ 17:12
;
Pt. act.
טֹרֵף
Jb 18:
4, etc.;—
tear rend
, of wild beasts,
Gn 37:33
(
J
),
44:28
(
J
;
inf. abs.
c.
Pu.
q.v.
),
Ex 22:12
(JE;
inf. abs.
c.
Niph.
q.v
.) Elsewhere only in
sim.
and
metaph.
;
sim.
of Gad’s fierceness
Dt 33:20
(like a lioness, poem); so of Benjamin
Gn 49:27
(as a wolf, poem); of the remnant of Jacob, like a young lion among sheep,
רָמַם וְטָרַף
Mi 5:
7; of the wicked,
ψ 17:12
(lion),
7:3
obj.
נַפְשִׁי
(like a lion);
22:14
psalmist’s foes like lion (
||
שֹׁאֵג
);
Ez 22:25
(
טֹרֵף טָ˜רֶף
), princes like wolves
v
27
(
id.
);
metaph.
of Israel’s princes, like young lion
19:3
,
6
(
c.
טֶרֶף
acc. cogn
.); of Nineveh’s king
Na 2:13
(as lion); of God’s treatment of the wicked
Ho 5:14
(like a lion),
ψ 50:22
; subj. wrath of God (
אַף
) conceived as assailing Job,
Jb 16:9
his wrath teareth
and persecuteth me;
cf.
טָָ˜רף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ
Ho 6:1
subj.
י׳
(
||
יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ
; on tenses
v. Dr
§ 84 β; 171, 174
n.
1
); subj. anger of Edom (
abs.
)
Am 1:11
, but read perhaps
וַיִּטֹּר
for
וַיִּטְרֹף
and he kept his anger perpetually
, so
Ol
on
ψ 103:9
W
e;
טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו
, said of Job by Bildad
Jb 18:4
.
Niph.
Impf.
of animal
torn
(by wild beasts)
טָרֹף יִטָּרֵף
Ex 22:12
(JE);
יִטָּרֵף
also in prediction of judgment on people of Jerusalem
Je 5:6
.
Pu.
Pf.
טָרֹף טֹרַף יֹוסֵף
Gn 37:33
(
J
)
Joseph has certainly been torn in pieces;
cf.
ט׳ טֹרָ˜ף
44:28
(
J
).
Hiph.
Imv. ms. sf
., note especially 2nd
acc.
לֶחֶם
,
הַטְרִיפֵנִי לֶחֶם חֻקִּי
Pr 30:8
let me devour my appointed bread
(of men, late;
cf.
טֶרֶף
31:1
5, and
ψ 111:5
Mal 3:1
0).
• טָרָף S 2965 TWOT 827a GK 3273 • adj. fresh-plucked ( Aramaic ܛܰܪܦܳܐ (ṭarpo), טַרְפָּא fresh leaf ) — עֲלֵה זַיִת טָרָף Gn 8:11 ( J ) a fresh-plucked olive leaf .
•
טֶ˜רֶף
S
2964
TWOT
827b
GK
3272
n.m.
Na 3:1
prey, food; leaf
;—
טֶרֶף
Gn 49:9
+;
טָ˜רֶף
Jb 4:11
+;
sf.
טַרְפֵּךְ
Na 2:1
4;
טַרְפֹּו
Is 31:
4;
pl. cstr.
טַרְפֵּי
Ez 17:
9;—
1.
prey
of lion
Am 3:4 Jb 4:1
1;
38:39
ψ 104:21
;
metaph.
of Judah’s conquests
Gn 49:9
, Israel like lion
Nu 23:24
(both poems in JE); of
Dr S. R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses; Ol J. Olshausen.