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Hebrew · Strong's H3913

לָטַשׁ

latashlaw-tash'

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

1890 spelling: lâṭash

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

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

Rendered in the KJV as

instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

  • 5
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 4 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 5
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

  • יִלְט֑וֹשׁ1
  • יִלְט֖וֹשׁ1
  • לֹטֵ֕שׁ1
  • לִ֠לְטוֹשׁ1
  • מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ1

How it is rendered · 5

  • a sharpener of1
  • he sharpens1
  • he will sharpen1
  • sharpened1
  • to sharpen1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqi3ms · 2
  • HR/Vqcc · 1
  • HVPsmsa · 1
  • HVqrmsc · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).