טָרַף (b. h.; cmp. טָרַד) [to move with vehemence,] 1) to tear, prey. Lev. R. s. 26 טוֹרֵף ואוכל tears in order to satisfy his appetite. Koh. R. to X, 11 הארי ט׳ the lion goes out for prey. Sot. 47ᵇ טוֹרְפֵי טֶרֶף those robbing (the poor). Zeb. 53ᵇ חלקו של טוֹרֵף the territory of the tearer (wolf = Benjamin, Gen. XLIX, 27). B. Kam. 116ᵇ לטוֹרְפָהּ to plunder it; a. fr. —2) to cast with force, knock, strike against; to throw away, reject, eject. Ḥull. III, 3 טְרָפָהּ בכותל he cast or knocked the bird against the wall. Pesik. R. s. 11; Num. R. s. 2 מגרשה אני טוֹרְפָהּ אני I will divorce her, I will cast her out (cmp. טָרַד).—Ber. 5ᵇ טוֹרְפִין לו וכ׳ his prayer is thrown in his face (refused). Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ top טְרָפַנִי, v. טָרַד. —3) to seize forcibly. Yoma IV, 1 ט׳ בקלפי he took the ballot out with haste.—Esp. to seize for a debt. B. Mets. 15ᵃ ובא ב"ח וטְרָפָהּ and a creditor of the previous owner came and seized it, v. טִירְפָּא. —4) to chop, hash, to beat, mix. Sabb. XIX, 2 ט׳ יין ושמן beat wine and oil; a. e.—Part. pass. טָרוּף, f. טְרוּפָה. Ib. 38ᵃ בשר ט׳ chopped meat. Ab. Zar. II, 6, v. טָרִית. Y. Nidd. IV, 51ᵃ (of a foetus). Sabb. VIII, 5 (80ᵇ) ביצה ט׳ an egg beaten and mixed with oil; a. fr. V. טָרוּף. —5) to hackle, comb (flax or wool). Kil. IX, 1. Y. Orl. III, 63ᵃ; Y. Keth. VI, end, 31ᵃ צמר בכור שטְרָפוֹ wool of a first-born that has been hackled (and mixed up with, other wool). —6) to scrape, scour, to plane. Makhsh. II, 4 הטוֹרֵף את גגו (Var. המטהר) if one scrubs his roof; Tosef. ib. I, 8. —7) to make טְרֵפָה, to inflict an organic defect. Ḥull. 85ᵇ, sq. צא טְרוֹף go and maim the animal (before slaughtering it).
Nif. - נִטְרַף 1) to become t’refah. Ib. 9ᵃ, a. e. במה נִטְרְפָה from what cause it became t’refah —2) to be in disorder, a) (with דעה, or לב) to be confused, bewildered, not fully conscious. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵇ bot. נִטְרְפָה דעתו של אבא my father’s mind is unclear; Snh. 68ᵃ. Ib. 43ᵃ כדי שתִּטָּרֵף דעתו (not שתטרוף) that his (the culprit’s) consciousness may be benumbed; Num. R. s. 10.—Ib. נ׳ לבו his mind becomes confused (from drinking); a. fr.—b) (with שעה, of political disturbances) to be troubled. Snh. 11ᵃ; Sot. 48ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XIII, 5 נטרפה (ה)שעה the political condition was too much troubled (persecutions prevailing). Y. Dem. V, 24ᵈ bot.; a. e.