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title: לָטַשׁ — hammer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָטַשׁ (3913), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: hammer. BDB 1906: vb. hammer, sharpen, whet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָטַשׁ

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«לָטַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hammer** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3913 · **BDB:** לָטַשׁ

### Glosses

a.sharpener (1); he.sharpens (1); he.will.sharpen (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hammer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3913/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hammer, sharpen, whet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3913/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hammer, sharpen, whet (NH id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, ܠܛܰܫ sharpen; Arabic لَطَسَ strike, tap);— Impf. יִלְטוֹשׁ Jb 16:9 ψ 7:13; Inf. cstr. לִלְטוֹשׁ 1 S 13:20; Pt. לֹטֵשׁ;— hammer, only Pt. = hammerer, sq. כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ Gn 4:22 (J). sharpen sword, חֶרֶב (acc.) ψ 7:13; cf. 1 S 13:20, obj. מַחֲרֶשֶׁת, אֵת, קַרְדֹּם, מַחֲרֵשָׁה; fig. ל׳ עֵינַיִם לִי Jb 16:9 my foe whets his eyes for me. Pt. תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ ψ 52:4 a sharpened razor (in sim. of evil tongue).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָטַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3913/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 52:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.4/)

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הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* destruction(s) it.plots tongue your like a.razor sharpened O.\[you.who\].do (of).deceit

*JPS 1917:* Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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[Psalms 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.13/)

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אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃

*Word for word:* if not anyone.will.repent sword his he.will.sharpen bow his he.has.bent and he has.prepared.it

*JPS 1917:* If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

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