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Job 18:4
“He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
טָרַףṭâraph · taw-raf'
H2963 · Hebrew
H2963 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).
- Grammar
- טֹֽרֵ֥ף — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:33Genesis 37:33Genesis 44:28Genesis 44:28Genesis 49:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read טָרַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.