# H3913 לָטַשׁ

לָטַשׁ (lâṭash), Strong’s H3913: properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen KJV: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.. Occurs 5 times.

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*lâṭash* — properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

KJV: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [לָטַשׁ] vb. hammer, sharpen, whet
- Qal
- 1 hammer
- 2 sharpen sword
- Pu. a sharpened razor

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 4:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=22) — Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister…
- [1 Samuel 13:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=20) — but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle.
- [Psalms 7:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/7?v=13) — If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
- [Psalms 52:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/52?v=4) — Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- [Job 16:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/16?v=9) — He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on…