taraf · tear to pieces

What it means

taraf (טָרַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tear to pieces”.

(said of wild animals); also provide food.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
2. To give someone the food that is due to him.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• tear ×6
• tears ×6
• he has been torn to pieces ×2
• it is actually torn by beasts ×2
• tearing ×2
• tore ×2
• been torn to pieces ×1
• feed me ×1
• has surely ×1
• has torn ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Exodus×2
• Deuteronomy×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×4
• Proverbs×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×4
• Hosea×2
• Amos×1
• Micah×1
• Nahum×1

• Genesis 37:33

  He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A fierce animal has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

• Genesis 44:28

  One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have not seen him since.

• Genesis 49:27

  Benjamin is a wolf that tears; in the morning he devours the prey, and at evening he divides the spoil.”

• Exodus 22:13

  If it is actually torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; for what was torn he shall not repay.

• Deuteronomy 33:20

  And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he dwells, and he tears the arm and also the crown of the head.

• Job 16:9

  His anger tears and bears a grudge against me; he gnashes his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.

• Job 18:4

  He who tears himself in his anger: for your sake will the earth be forsaken, and the rock be removed from its place?

• Psalms 7:2

  lest he tear my soul like a lion, ripping it apart, with no one to deliver.

• Psalms 17:12

  His likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion sitting in hiding places.

• Psalms 22:13

  They have opened their mouth against me, a lion that tears and roars.

• Psalms 50:22

  Understand now this, you who forget Eloah, lest I tear you apart and there be none to deliver.

• Proverbs 30:8

  falsehood and a word of lies keep far from me; poverty and riches do not give me; feed me with the bread of my portion,

• Jeremiah 5:6

  Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them, a wolf of the steppes will devastate them, a leopard is watching over their cities; everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces, for their transgressions are many, their apostasies are mighty.

• Ezekiel 19:3

  And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to tear prey; he devoured human beings.

• Ezekiel 19:6

  And he walked about among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to tear prey; he devoured human beings.

• Ezekiel 22:25

  A conspiracy of her prophets is in her midst, like a lion roaring, tearing prey; they have devoured souls; they take wealth and precious things; they have multiplied her widows in her midst.

• Ezekiel 22:27

  Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get gain.

• Hosea 5:14

  For I will be like a fierce lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah; I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there will be no one to rescue.

• Hosea 6:1

  “Come, and let us return to YHWH; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind us up.

• Amos 1:11

  Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke it; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and destroyed his compassion; and his anger tore continually, and his wrath he kept forever.

• Micah 5:8

  And the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which, if it passes through, tramples and tears, and there is no one to deliver.

• Nahum 2:12

  The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

And 3 more times.