Hebrew verb · H2963
טָרַף
taraphtaw-raf'
to tear
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭâraph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2963is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2963
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
The King James renders it: catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
taraph is rendered "to tear". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Five of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:33His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
Genesis 37:33טָרֹ֥ף
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- tearing4
- certainly to tear3
- he has been torn to pieces2
- to tear2
- and he tears1
- and it tears1
- and it tore1
- he has torn to pieces1
- he should tear to pieces1
- he will be torn in pieces1
- I should tear to pieces1
- I will tear to pieces1
and 6 more, 25 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- טָרֹ֥ף2
- לִטְרָף־2
- אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף1
- אֶטְרֹף֙1
- הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִי1
- וְטָרַ֥ף1
- וְטָרַ֖ף1
- וַיִּטְרֹ֤ף1
- טָרָ֖ף1
- טָרֹ֣ף1
- טֹרֵ֥ף1
- טֹֽרֵ֥ף1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular4HVqrmsa
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute3HVqaa
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVNi3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVPp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vqp3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVhv2ms/Sp1bs
Genesis
five uses
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
- טָרֹ֥ףtarofverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to tear
- טֹרַ֖ףtorafverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has been torn to pieces
When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
- טָרֹ֣ףtarofverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to tear
- טֹרָ֑ףtorafverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has been torn to pieces
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
- יִטְרָ֔ףyitrafverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it tears to pieces
Exodus
two uses
If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
- טָרֹ֥ףtarofverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to tear
- יִטָּרֵ֖ףyitarefverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be torn in pieces
Deuteronomy
one use
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- וְטָרַ֥ףvetarafconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he tears
Job
two uses
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- טָרַ֨ף׀tarafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has torn
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- טֹֽרֵ֥ףtorefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: O tears
Psalms
four uses
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- יִטְרֹ֣ףyitrofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he should tear to pieces
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- לִטְר֑וֹףlitrofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to tear to pieces
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- טֹרֵ֥ףtorefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: tearing
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ףʾetrofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I should tear to pieces
Proverbs
one use
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗נִיhatrifeniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: let devour me
Jeremiah
one use
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- יִטָּרֵ֑ףyitarefverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be torn in pieces
Ezekiel
four uses
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- לִטְרָף־litrof-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to tear
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- לִטְרָף־litrof-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to tear
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- טֹ֣רֵֽףtorefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: tearing
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- טֹ֣רְפֵיtorefeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tearing
Hosea
two uses
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- אֶטְרֹף֙ʾetrofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tear to pieces
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- טָרָ֖ףtarafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has torn to pieces
Amos
one use
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- וַיִּטְרֹ֤ףvaiyitrofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it tore
Micah
one use
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
- וְטָרַ֖ףvetarafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it tears
Nahum
one use
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- טֹרֵף֙torefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: tearing
The letters
Gematria 289· 1,009 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
