לָטַשׁlâṭash
hammer, sharpen, whet
Pronunciation: law-tash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3913
Meanings
Qal
1. only Participle = hammerer (Genesis 4:22)
2. sharpen (Psalms 7:13; 1 Samuel 13:20; Job 16:9)
Pu`al: sharpened (Psalms 52:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:22 Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
- 1 Samuel 13:20 So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.
- Job 16:9 God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.
- Psalms 7:12 If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
- Psalms 52:2 All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).