טָרַף

Qal Perfect טָרַף Job 16,9 טָרָ֑ף Hos 6,1, etc.; Imperfect יִטְרֹף Sl 7,3 וַיִּטְרֹף Amos 1,11 (but see below); יִטְרָ֑ף 1 Mos 49,27 אֶטְרֹף Hos 5,14; Sl 50,22 Infinitive לִטְרֹף Sl 17,12 Participle active טֹרֵף Job 18,4, etc.; — tear rend, of wild beasts, 1 Mos 37,33 (J), 1 Mos 44,28 (J; infinitive absolute with Punic q. v. ), 2 Mos 22,12 (J E; infinitive absolute with Niph`al q. v.) Elsewhere only in simile and metaphor; simile of Gad's fierceness 5 Mos 33,20 (like a lioness, poem); so of Benjamin 1 Mos 49,27 (as a wolf, poem); of the remnant of Jacob, like a young lion among sheep, רָמַס וְטָרַף Mik 5,7 of the wicked, Sl 17,12 (lion), Sl 7,3 object נַפְשִׁי (like a lion); Sl 22,14 psalmist's foes like lion (|| שֹׁאֵג); Ezk 22,25 (טֹרֵף טָ֑רֶף), princes like wolves vEzk 22,27 (id.); metaphor of Israel's princes, like young lion Ezk 19,3; Ezk 19,6 (with טֶרֶף accusative of congnate meaning with verb); of Nineveh's king Nah 2,13 (as lion); of God's treatment of the wicked Hos 5,14 (like a lion), Sl 50,22 subject wrath of God (אַף) conceived as assailing Job, Job 16,9 his wrath teareth and persecuteth me; compare טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ Hos 6,1 subject ׳י (|| יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ; on tenses see Dr<sup>§ 84 β; 171, 174 n. 1</sup>); subject anger of Edom (absolute) Amos 1,11, but read perhaps וַיִּטֹּר for וַיִּטְרֹף and he kept his anger perpetually, so Ol on Sl 103,9 We; טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֺ בְּאַפּוֺ, said of Job by Bildad Job 18,4. Niph`al Imperfect of animal torn (by wild beasts) טָרֹף יִטָּרֵף 2 Mos 22,12 (JE); יִטָּרֵף also in prediction of judgment on people of Jerusalem Jer 5,6. Pu`al Perfect טָרֹף טֹרַף יוֺסֵף 1 Mos 37,33 (J) Joseph has certainly been torn in pieces; compare טֹרָ֑ף ׳ט 1 Mos 44,28 (J). Hiph`il Imperative masculine singular suffix, note especially 2nd accusative לֶחֶם, הַטְרִפֵנִי לָחֶם חֻקִּי Ord 30,8 let me devour my appointed bread (of men, late; compare טֶרֶף Ord 31,15, and Sl 111,5; Mal 3,10).