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title: טֶרֶף — prey · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֶרֶף (2964), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: prey. BDB 1906: n.m. prey, food; leaf. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֶרֶף

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«טֶרֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prey** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 2964 · **BDB:** טֶ֫רֶף

### Glosses

prey (15); food (4); (of).prey (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2964/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. prey, food; leaf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2964/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Na 3:1 prey, food; leaf;—טֶרֶף Gn 49:9 +; טָ֑רֶף Jb 4:11 +; sf. טַרְפֵּךְ Na 2:14; טַרְפּוֹ Is 31:4; pl. cstr. טַרְפֵּי Ez 17:9;— prey of lion Am 3:4 Jb 4:11; 38:39 ψ 104:21; metaph. of Judah’s conquests Gn 49:9, Israel like lion Nu 23:24 (both poems in JE); of Assyrians Is 5:29; of Nineveh and its king Na 2:13, 14; 3:1; Israel’s princes (as young lion) Ez 19:3, 6; sim. of false prophet (like lion) 22:25; of princes of Judah v 27; sim. of י’s descending to battle, like lion Is 31:4; cf. ψ 76:5 coming down from mountains of prey (the lion’s lair), but read perhaps עַד, cf. 𝔊 Bi Che crit. n.; fig. of spoil of wicked Jb 29:17, cf. ψ 124:6. food, of outcasts, under fig. of wild ass פֶּרֶא Jb 24:5; of human food (late): for those who fear God ψ 111:5; for household Pr 31:15; in י׳’s house Mal 3:10. leaf, (cf. Gn 8:11) טַרְפֵּי צִמְחָהּ Ez 17:9 metaph. of Judah.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֶרֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2964/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 76:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.5/)

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נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].lighted.up you \[are\].majestic more than.mountains of.prey

*JPS 1917:* Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

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[Job 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.11/)

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לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* a.lion \[is\].perishing from not prey and.\[the\] young of.a.lion they.are.scattered

*JPS 1917:* The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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