Lexical Summary terephah: torn animal, torn flesh Original Word: טְרֵפָהTransliteration: terephah Phonetic Spelling: (ter-ay-faw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: torn animal, torn flesh Meaning: prey, flocks devoured by animals Strong's Concordance prey, Flocks devoured by animalsFeminine (collectively) of tereph; prey, i.e. Flocks devoured by animals -- ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces). see HEBREW tereph Brown-Driver-Briggs H2966. terephah טְרֵפָה noun feminine animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh; — absolute ׳ט Genesis 31:39 8t. 1 animal torn (by wild beasts), of sheep and goats Genesis 31:39 (E); ox, ass or sheep Exodus 22:12 (J E; strike out WeKlPr on Amos 3:12, as gloss from Genesis 31:39); indefinite 31:31 (J E; forbidden as food); commonly with נְבֵלָה (i.e. what dies naturally) as forbidden food, Leviticus 7:24 (P), 17:15; 22:8 (both H), Ezekiel 4:14; 44:31; torn flesh, in metaphor of Nineveh's king as lion Nahum 2:13 ("" ף טֶ֫רֶ). |
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