טְרֵפָה
ṭĕrēpâ
animal torn
Strong's H2966NounHebrewTWOT 827c

טְרֵפָה (ṭĕrēpâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning animal torn. It appears 9 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2966).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 827c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 827c)animal torn, torn flesh; prey; ravin, torn
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

טְרֵפָה noun, feminine: animal torn, torn flesh

animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh

Strong's H2966 טְרֵפָה: prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
KJV:ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 827: טָרַף ṭārap — tear, rend, pluck; torn; Joseph has certainly been torn in pieces; pluck off, pull to pieces, supply; catch, feed, ravin, rend in pieces

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 17:15Ezekiel 4:14

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