{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2963",
  "lemma": "טָרַף",
  "transliteration": "ṭâraph",
  "definition": "to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)",
  "kjv": "catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in…",
  "occurrences": 25,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "טָרַף vb. tear, rend, pluck",
    "Qal tear, rend",
    "Niph. of animal torn",
    "Pu. Joseph has certainly been torn in pieces",
    "Hiph. let me devour my appointed bread"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:33",
      "text": "He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:28",
      "text": "One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:27",
      "text": "“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:12",
      "text": "If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 33:20",
      "text": "About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 5:6",
      "text": "Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 19:3",
      "text": "She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 19:6",
      "text": "He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 22:25",
      "text": "There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 22:27",
      "text": "Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=27"
    }
  ],
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