טֶרֶףṭereph

Meanings

Same root

• טָרַףṭâraph · H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
• טְרֵפָהṭᵉrêphâh · H2966prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 49:9 Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
• Numbers 23:24 These people rise up like a lioness, like a majestic lion rousing itself. They refuse to rest until they have feasted on prey, drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”
• Job 4:11 The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
• Job 24:5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.
• Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
• Job 38:39 “Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions’ appetites