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Strong's #3913 - לָטַשׁ
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- to sharpen, hammer, whet
- (Qal)
- to hammer
- to sharpen (sword)
- hammerer (participle)
- (Pual) to be sharpened
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2309) sul (לתהסה LThSh) AC: Sharp CO: ? AB: ?: The sharpening of a sword by hammering or scraping on a whet stone. Also, a sharp or penetrating look. [from: su- hammering]
V) sul (לתהסה LThSh) - Sharp: To make sharp or look sharply. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Pual, Participle) sharpen, sharp, instructor - Strongs: H3913 (לָטַשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
sharpen; Arabic 
strike, tap); — Qal Imperfect יִלְטוֺשׁ Job 16:9; Psalm 7:13; Infinitive construct לֵלְטוֺשׁ 1 Samuel 13:20; Participle לֹטֵשׁ; —
1 hammer, only Participle = hammerer followed by כָּלתֹֿרֵשׁ Genesis 4:22 (J).
2 sharpen sword חֶרֶב (accusative) Psalm 7:13; compare 1 Samuel 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 Psalm 52:4 a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).
לָטַשׁ fut. יִלְטשׁ
(1) to hammer, to forge, Genesis 4:22.
(2) to sharpen by hammering, e.g. a ploughshare, 1 Samuel 13:20 a sword, Psalms 7:13. Metaph. Job 16:9, יִלְטוֹשׁ עֵינָיו לִי “he sharpens his eyes against me,” he watches me with stern and threatening eyes.
Pual, part. sharp, Psalms 52:4.
Derivative, pr.n. לְטוּשִׁם.
