Word

טְרֵפָה

ṭᵉrêphâh · H2966 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

prey, victim

Literally: what is torn apart; hence: slain victim of a carnivorous animal; associated with a violent death, bloodshed, and frequently used as a metaphor for victims of warfare

Examples
Genesis 31:39 “I did not even bring to you that which was torn by wild animals; I took the loss myself. You demanded it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Exodus 22:13 “If it is all torn to pieces, have him bring it as evidence; he shall not be compelled to make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.
Exodus 22:31 “You shall be holy people to Me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בָּשָׂרflesh 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 3 groups

אָכַלto eat, to devour 4
שָׁלַםto repay, to make restitution, to complete 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חֶלֶבfat 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Impact002001001024: טְרֵפָה names an animal torn by a wild beast, the victim of a violent, fatal attack that Israel was forbidden to eat (Exodus 22:31).
Dead002001001018: The torn animal this word designates has died as a result of the attack, its death rendering it unfit for consumption under the law.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

טָרַף ṭâraph · H2963 · to tear to pieces, to maul, to mangle · 25×טֶרֶף ṭereph · H2964 · prey, victim, food · 22×טְרֵפָהṭᵉrêphâh · H2966טָרָף ṭârâph · H2965 · fresh, freshly sprouted · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2966. terephah טְרֵפָה noun feminine animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh; —…

H2966. terephah
טְרֵפָה noun feminine animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh; — absolute ׳ט Gen 31:39 Gen 31:8t.
1 animal torn (by wild beasts), of sheep and goats Gen 31:39 (E); ox, ass or sheep Exo 22:12 (J E; strike out WeKlPr on Amo 3:12, as gloss from Gen 31:39); indefinite Gen 31:31 (J E; forbidden as food); commonly with נְבֵלָה (i.e. what dies naturally) as forbidden food, Lev 7:24 (P), Lev 17:15; Lev 22:8 (both H), Eze 4:14; Eze 44:31; torn flesh, in metaphor of Nineveh's king as lion Nah 2:13 (|| ף טֶ֫רֶ).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Impact9 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0