טֶרֶף m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) prey. Sot. 47ᵇ, v. טָרַף.—Gen. R. s. 99 (ref. to מטרף, Gen. XLIX, 9) מטַרְפּוֹ של יוסף from making Joseph a prey, i.e. saving Joseph; מטַרְפָּהּ של תמר saving Tamar. Yalk. Ps. 637; Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, ed. Bub. יושב על טַרְפּוֹ (oth. ed. טְרֵפָתוֹ) sits over his prey. —2) food. Snh. 108ᵇ, v. next w. —3) (v. next w.) foliage, green. Sifra Metsora, beg. ובראשה ט׳ with green foliage on its top, v. next w.; Y. Sot. II, 18ᵃ top וראשה ט׳ (corr. acc., or read as Tosef. Neg. VIII, 2 טרוף).
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טֶרֶף m. (b. h.; preced. ) 1) prey . Sot. 47ᵇ , v. טָרַף .— Gen. R. s. 99 (ref. to מטרף , Gen. XLIX, 9 ) מטַרְפּוֹ של יוסף from making Joseph a prey,…
References
- Jastrow, טְרַף II 1
- Sotah 47b:21
- Jastrow, טָרַף 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 99:8
- Genesis 49:9
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 637
- Midrash Tehillim 7
- Sanhedrin 108b:17
- Jastrow, טָרָף 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Sotah 2:2:5
- Tosefta Negaim 8:2