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Strong's #2964 - טֶרֶף
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- prey, food, leaf
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2245) pru (תהרפ ThRP) AC: Tear CO: Prey AB: ?: The prey that is torn to pieces by the predator. [from: ry- fresh]
V) pru (תהרפ ThRP) - T (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) |kjv: tear, ravening, catch, feed, rent, prey - Strongs: H2963 (טָרַף)
Nm ) pru (תהרפ ThRP) - I. Prey:The meat that is torn by the predator. II. Plucked:As the predator plucks the prey. KJV (24): prey, meat, leaves, spoil - Strongs: H2964 (טֶרֶף), H2965 (טָרָף)
Nf1) epru (תהרפה ThRPH) - Torn: Flesh that is torn. KJV (9): torn, ravin - Strongs: H2966 (טְרֵפָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 prey of lion Amos 3:4; Job 4:11; Job 38:39; Psalm 104:21; metaphor of Judah's conquests Genesis 49:9, Israel like lion Numbers 23:24 (both poems in J E); of Assyrians Isaiah 5:29; of Nineveh and its king Nahum 2:13; Nahum 2:14; Nahum 3:1; Israel's princes (as young lion) Ezekiel 19:3,6; simile of false prophet (like lion) Ezekiel 22:25; of princes of Judah Ezekiel 22:27; simile of י's descending to battle, like lion Isaiah 31:4; compare Psalm 76:5 coming down from mountains of prey (the lion's lair), but read perhaps עַד, compare ᵐ5 Bi Che critical note.; figurative of spoil of wicked Job 29:17, compare Psalm 124:6.
2 food, of outcasts, under figure of wild ass מֶּרֶא Job 24:5; of human food (late): for those who fear God Psalm 111:5; for household Proverbs 31:15; in ׳י s house Malachi 3:10.
3 leaf, (compare Genesis 8:11) טַרְמֵּי צִמְחָהּ Ezekiel 17:9 metaphor of Judah.
טֶרֶף m.
(1) a green leaf, a leaf newly plucked, so called from tearing off (compare Genesis 8:11). Ezekiel 17:9. (Ch. טַרְפָא, Syr. ܛܰܪܦܳܐ id.)
(2) an animal torn in pieces, the prey of a wild beast. Job 4:11, 29:17 38:39. הַרְרֵי טֶרֶף “mountains of prey,” i.e. of depredators, thieves, whence they come forth for booty, Psalms 76:5.
(3) food, Proverbs 31:15; Malachi 3:10 Psal. 111:5 comp. the verb in Hiphil.