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טֶ֫רֶף noun masculine Nah 3:1 prey, food; leaf; — טֶרֶף Gen 49:9 +; טָ֑רֶף Job 4:11 +; suffix טַרְפֵךְ Nah 2:14 טַרְפּוֺ Isa 31:4 plural construct טַרְפֵּי Ezek 17:9 —
1.
prey of lion Amos 3:4; Job 4:11; Job 38:39; Ps 104:21 metaphor of Judah's conquests Gen 49:9, Israel
like lion Num
23:24 (both poems in
J
E
); of Assyrians Isa 5:29 of Nineveh and its king Nah 2:13; Nah 2:14; Nah 3:1 Israel's princes (as young lion) Ezek 19:3;
Ezek 19:6
simile of false prophet (like lion) Ezek 22:25 of princes of Judah Ezek 22:27 simile of י's
descending to battle, like lion Isa 31:4 compare Ps 76:5 coming down from mountains of prey (the
lion's lair), but read perhaps עַד, compare
ᵐ5
Bi
Checritical note.; figurative of spoil of wicked Job 29:17,
compare Ps 124:6
.
2.
food, of outcasts, under figure of wild ass פֶּרֶא
Job 24:5 of
human food (late): for those who fear God Ps 111:5 for household Prov 31:15 in ׳
י's house Mal 3:10.
3.
leaf, (compare Gen 8:11) טַרְפֵּי צִמְחָהּ
Ezek 17:9
metaphor of Judah.