Jastrow: טְרֵיפָה

טְרֵיפָה, טְרֵפָה f. (b. h.; טָרַף) 1) an animal torn by a beast of prey. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, v. טֶרֶף. —2) (ritual law) an animal afflicted with a (fatal) organic disease, the discovery of which, after slaughtering, makes it forbidden, t’refah, (of persons, m.) one having a fatal organic disease (the killing of whom would not be considered murder before the law). Ḥull. 42ᵃ ט׳ אינה חיה a t’refa animal cannot survive (a year); a. fr.—Snh. 78ᵃ ההורג את הט׳ if one kills a person afflicted with a fatal organic disease; וט׳ שהרג and if such a person committed a murder. Ib. עידי ט׳ witnesses afflicted &c.; a. fr. —3) organic disease. Lev. R. s. 13 (ref. to החיה, Lev. XI, 2) החיה מטְרֵיפָתָהּ וכ׳ that which can recover from its disease, you may eat.—Pl. טְרֵיפוֹת, טְרֵפוֹת. Ḥull. III, 1; a. fr.—Esp. cases of t’refah, ritual law concerning t’refah. Ib. 48ᵇ; a. fr.