טָרַףṭâraph

Meanings

Same root

• טֶרֶףṭereph · H2964something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
• טָרָףṭârâph · H2965recently torn off, i.e. fresh

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 37:33 Their father recognized it immediately. “Yes,” he said, “it is my son’s robe. A wild animal must have eaten him. Joseph has clearly been torn to pieces!”
• Genesis 44:28 and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.
• Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening.”
• Exodus 22:13 If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the remains of the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no compensation will be required.
• Deuteronomy 33:20 Moses said this about the tribe of Gad: “Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad’s territory! Gad is poised there like a lion to tear off an arm or a head.
• Job 16:9 God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.