טְרֵפָה
ṭᵉrêphâh · ter-ay-faw'
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine (collectively) of H2964 (טֶרֶף);
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To surround and contain of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טְרֵפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that which was torn2 · 22%
- that is torn of beasts1 · 11%
- of that which is torn with beasts1 · 11%
- of itself, or that which was torn1 · 11%
- or is torn1 · 11%
- or is torn in pieces1 · 11%
- or torn1 · 11%
- with ravin1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.