Strong's Lexicon

H3913

H3913 — לָטַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlatashverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1109

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3913
Word:	לָטַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	latash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-tash'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
KJV Renderings:	instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

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[לָטַשׁ] verb hammer, sharpen, whet (Late Hebrew id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, [untranscribed source text 2818] sharpen; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2819] strike, tap); —

Qal Imperfect יִלְטוֺשׁ Job 16:9; Ps 7:13 Infinitive construct לֵלְטוֺשׁ 1Sam 13:20 Participle לֹטֵשׁ; —

1. hammer, only Participle = hammerer followed by כָּלתֹֿרֵשׁ Gen 4:22 ( J ).

2. sharpen sword חֶרֶב (accusative) Ps 7:13 compare 1Sam 13:20, object מַחֲרֶשֶׁת, אֵת, קַרְדֹּם, מַחֲרֵשָׁה; figurative עֵינַיִם לִי ׳ ל Job 16:9 my foe whets his eye for me

Pu`al Participle תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ Ps 52:4 a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לטש (lah-tash)

Job 16:9

KJV: He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

EHCC: min sharpencth his

Psalms 7:12

KJV: If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

EHCC: (13). he will whet his words

Genesis 4:22

KJV: And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.instructer: Heb. whetter

EHCC: an instructer . wheter)