# H2963 טָרַף

טָרַף (ṭâraph), Strong’s H2963: 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…

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*ṭâraph* — 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…

Occurs 25 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 37:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=33) — He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in…
- [Genesis 44:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=28) — One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
- [Genesis 49:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=27) — “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
- [Exodus 22:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=12) — If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
- [Deuteronomy 33:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=20) — 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.
- [Jeremiah 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=6) — Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch…
- [Ezekiel 19:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=3) — She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- [Ezekiel 19:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=6) — He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- [Ezekiel 22:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=25) — There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They…
- [Ezekiel 22:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=27) — Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get…