past (עבר)
טָרַף Job 16:9;
טָרָ֑ף Hosea 6:1, etc.; future (עתיד)
יִטְרֹף Psalms 7:3;
וַיִּטְרֹף Amos 1:11 (but see below);
יִטְרָ֑ף Genesis 49:27;
אֶטְרֹף Hosea 5:14 Psalms 50:22; infinitive (מקור)
לִטְרֹף Psalms 17:12; participle (בינוני) active
טֹרֵף Job 18:4, etc.;—
tear rend, of wild beasts,
Genesis 37:33,
Genesis 44:28 (J; inf. absolute c. Pu. q.see),
Exodus 22:12 (JE; inf. absolute c.
Niph. q.see) Elsewhere only in sim. and metaphorically; sim. of Gad’s fierceness
Deuteronomy 33:20 (like a lioness, poem); so of Benjamin
Genesis 49:27 (as a wolf, poem); of the remnant of Jacob, like a young lion among sheep,
רָמַם וְטָרַף Micah 5:7; of the wicked,
Psalms 17:12 (lion),
Psalms 7:3 obj.
נַפְשִׁי (like a lion);
Psalms 22:14 psalmist’s foes like lion (‖
שֹׁאֵג);
Ezekiel 22:25 (טֹרֵף טָ֑רֶף), princes like wolves v
Psalms 22:27 (
the same); metaphorically of Israel’s princes, like young lion
Psalms 19:3,
Psalms 19:6 (c.
טֶרֶף direct object cogn.); of Nineveh’s king
Nahum 2:13 (as lion); of God’s treatment of the wicked
Hosea 5:14 (like a lion),
Psalms 50:22; subj. wrath of God
(אַף) conceived as assailing Job,
Job 16:9 his wrath teareth and persecuteth me; compare
טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ Hosea 6:1 subj.
י׳ (‖
יַךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ; on tenses see Driver
§ 84 β; 171, 174 n. 1); subj. anger of Edom (absolute)
Amos 1:11, but read perhaps
וַיִּטֹּר for
וַיִּטְרֹף and he kept his anger perpetually, so Olshausen on
Psalms 103:9 Wellhausen;
טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ, said of Job by Bildad
Job 18:4.