טָרַף H2963

Home gloss

tear

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

tear in pieces / tear to pieces

Note

The beast's tearing of prey (37:33; 44:28; 49:27). One root with טָרָף "torn" and טְרֵפָה "torn beast" (129a)

Rulings

95, 129

Declared to share English with

Occurrences (5)

37:33 And he recognized it and said, "The tunic of my son! A bad living thing has eaten him. Tearing, Joseph is torn!"
37:33 And he recognized it and said, "The tunic of my son! A bad living thing has eaten him. Tearing, Joseph is torn!"

44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely tearing he has been torn," and I have not seen him hitherto.
44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely tearing he has been torn," and I have not seen him hitherto.

49:27 Benjamin is a wolf—he tears;in the morning he eats booty,and at evening he portions spoil."