טָרַף ṭâraph — to pluck off or pull to pieces
Translated in the KJV as catch, × without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, × surely, tear.
a primitive root; to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels).
ṭâraph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Infinitive absolute 3Infinitive construct 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Perfect (qatal) 2Wayyiqtol 1
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Qal passive
Perfect (qatal) 1
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Hiph'il
Imperative 1
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›