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title: טְרֵיפָה — animal torn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טְרֵיפָה (2966), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: animal torn. BDB 1906: n.f. animal torn torn flesh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טְרֵיפָה

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«טְרֵיפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **animal torn** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2966 · **BDB:** טְרֵפָה

### Glosses

a.torn.animal (7); animal (1); torn.flesh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

animal torn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2966/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. animal torn torn flesh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2966/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. animal torn (by wild beasts); torn flesh;—abs. ט׳ Gn 31:39 + 8 times 1. animal torn (by wild beasts), of sheep and goats Gn 31:39 (E); ox, ass or sheep Ex 22:12 (JE; del. WeKlPr on Am 3:12, as gloss from Gn 31:39); indef. v 31 (JE; forbidden as food); commonly c. נְבֵלָה (i.e. what dies naturally) as forbidden food, Lv 7:24 (P), 17:15; 22:8 (both H), Ez 4:14; 44:31; torn flesh, in metaph. of Nineveh’s king as lion Na 2:13 (‖ טֶ֫רֶף).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טְרֵיפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2966/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.12/)

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אִם־טָרֹ֥ף יִטָּרֵ֖ף יְבִאֵ֣הוּ עֵ֑ד הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה לֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* if actually.(tear) it.will.be.torn.in.pieces he will.bring.it evidence the.torn animal not he.will.make.restitution

*JPS 1917:* If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

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[Leviticus 22:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.8/)

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נְבֵלָ֧ה וּטְרֵפָ֛ה לֹ֥א יֹאכַ֖ל לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.carcass and a.torn.animal not he.will.eat to become.unclean by it I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

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