A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/טרף - טרפא
satisty his appetite. Koh. R. to X, 11 ט׳ הארי the lion goes out for prey. Sot. 47b טרף טורפי those robbing (the poor). Zeb. 53b טורף של חלקו the territory of the tearer (wolrs=Benjamin, Gen. XLIX, 27) B. Kam. 116b לטורפה to plunder it; a. fr. -- 2) to cast with force, knock, strike against; to throw away, reject, eject. Hull. III, 3 טרפה בכותל he cast or knocked the bird against the wall. Pesik. R. s. 11; Num. R. s. 2 אני טורפה אני מגרשה I will divorce her, I will cast her out (cmp. טרד). -- Ber. 5b וכ׳ לו טורפין his prayer is thrown in his face (refus- ed). Y. Yeb. XVI, 15d top טרפני, v. טרד. -- 3) to seize for- cibly. Yoma IV, 1 בקלפי ט׳ he took the ballot out with haste. -- Esp. to seize for a debt. B. Mets. 15a בח ובא וטרפה and a creditor of the previous owner came and seized it, v. טירפא. -- 4) to chop, hash, to beat, mix. Sabb.. XIX, 2 ושמן יין ט׳ beat wine and oil; a. e. -- Part. pass. טרוף, f טרופה. Ibb. 38a ט׳ בשר chopped meat. Ab. Zar. II. 6, v. טרית. Y. Nidd. IV, 31a (of a foetus). Sabb. VIII, 5 (80b) ט׳ ביצה an egg beaten and mixed with oil; a. fr. V. טרוף. -- 5) to hackle, comb (fax orwool). Kil. IX, 1. Y. Orl. III, 63a; Y. Keth. VI, end, 31a שטרפו בכור צמר wool of a first-born that has been hackled (and mixed up with other wool). -- 6) to scrape, scour, to plane. Makhsh. II, 4 גגו את הטורף (Var. המטהר) if one scrubs his roof; Tosef. ib. I, 8. -- 7) to make טרפה, to infict an organie defect. Hull. 85b, sq. טרוף א go and maim the animal (before slaughtering it). Nif. נטרף 1) to become t'refah. Ib. 9a, a. e. נטרפה במה from what cause it became trefah. -- 2) to be in disorder, a) (with דעה, or לב) to be confused, bewilderedd, not fully conscious. Y. Sabb. II, 5b bot. אבא של דעתו נטרפה my father's mind is unclear; Snh. 68a. Ib. 43a שתטרף כדי דעתו (not שתטרוף) that his (the culprit's) consciousness may be benumbed; Num. R. s. 10. -- Ib. 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 השעה) נטרפה the political con- dition was too much troubled (persecutions prevailing). Y. Dem. V, 24d bot.; a. e. Pi. טרף 1) to shake vehemently, constantly. Succ. III, 9 בלולביהן מטרפין העם כל ed. Y. (Mish. ed. Pes. לול׳ מטאת; ed. מנענעין) all the people shook their branches con- stantly (during the recitation at Hallel, contrad. to נענע). -- 2) to unbalance (the mind, cmp. טלכל). -- Part. pass. מטורף. Num. R. s. 10 וכ׳ מ׳ לבו his mind is disturb- ed and he talks improper things, v. supra. -- 3) to re- jpectt one's petition, to refuse. Part. pass. מטורף. Ber. V, 5 מ׳ שהוא that he (the patient for whom prayer is said) is rejected (bound to die), opp. מקובל accepted. -- 4) to disfigure, to make ungainly by spots, incisions &c., v. טרוף). Part. pass. as ab. Koh. R. to X, 11 the serpent is asked מט׳ גופך מה מפני why has thy body been dis- figured (v. Gen. III, 14) -- 5) to cast about (a ship on high sea), v. Hithpa. -- Part. pass. as ab.; pl. מטורפים, מטורפין. Yeb. 47a, v. סהף. Hif. הטריף 1) to become t 'refah, to be afflicted with. a fatal organic disease. Num. R. s. 12, end; Cant. R. to VI, 4; Pesik. Vayhi p. 10a, a. e. הטריפו לא the animals were found to be free from an organic disease. -- [2) (in later liter.) to declare trefah.] - 3) (denom. of טרף) a) to cover with foliage. Yalk. Gen. 119, v. רטב. -- b) to sprout with moisture, be sappy. Gen. R. s. 69 וכ׳ מצות ה׳ (Yalk. Jud. 38 הפריח) sprouted with good deeds &c., v. רטב. -- [) to distribute foodd, v. טרף.] Htithpa. היטרף, Nithpa. ניטרף to be tossed acout, to be in a storm near the shore. Taan. III, 7 (19a) הספינה על וכ׳ המיטרפת for a ship which is seen from the coast tto be tossed about; ib. 14a המטורפת (v. supra; Ar. ed. Koh. נכרפת Nif.). Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 11 ניטרפה וכ׳ ספינה the ship lias been thrown back several times (was prevented from landing by the breakers).
טרף I, טריף ch. same, 1) to take by force, seize. B Mets. 14a מיניה וטרפה . . . אתי (not וטרפא) the creditor came and took it from him (by legal seizure); ib. וקא מיניה ליה טריף (Ms. H. מיניה וטרפה). -לקוחות־ ט׳ to seize property sold by the debtor, v. לקוחות. Ib. 19a; a. fr. -- 2) to throw, strike, knock down. Y. Snh. X, 29a וטריף לארעא לון and let them fall down. Lam. R. to I, 5 גרמיה ויטרוף and let him throw himself down. Ib. to IV, 2 וכ׳ קולתיך טרוף cast down thy pitcher before me; a. fr. -- 3) to knock at, shake, rap. Ber. 28a אבבא ט׳ knocked at the door. Snh. 97a. -- Ib. 67b בטבלא ליה ט׳ he struck the tabla before him; a. v. fr. -- Trnsf. to carp at, to contest the validity of a decision. Y. Snh. I, beg. 18a מיטרוף בעי wanted to protest (against R. Isaac's decision because he acted as a single judge). -- ל) to declare t'refah. Hull. 10b. Ib. 48b למיטרפה. . . סבר Mar. . . . wanted to declare it trefah; a. fr. -- Part. pass. טריף a) struek down (in the agony of death). Targ. Jud. III, 25; IV, 22 (h. text פל). Lam. R. to IV, 5 בקיקלא טריפין (not טריפון) lying on dunghills. -- b) thrown away. Y. Snh. X, 29a top לך טריפין הא they are thrown down before thee (cmp. טרון). - c) (denom. of טרפא, v. טרוף) spotted, full of in- cisions; planed. Ned. 25a; Shebu. 29b, v. כרוף. -- [Y. Shebi. I, end, 33c לעוביה טריפן כד יודן אר, read with R. S.to Shebi. I, 8 טרפון בר יודן א״ר or טריפון, לעוביה being a corrupt autography of ב״י ליעז׳eeיעקב בן ליעזר] Pa. טריף 1) to knock, strike, dash. Targ. II Kings VIII, 12 (h. text רטש). Targ. Nah. II, 8 (h. text תפף). -- 2) to prey, waitt for prey. Targ. Prov. XXIII, 28 מטדף. -- 3) to drive about. Part. pass. מטרף. Targ. Y. I Ex. XIV, 3 (ed. Amst. מט thpa.). Targ. Y. II Num. XII, 12 מטרפא. -- Trnsf. to agitate, trouble, v. infra. Ithpa. איטריף, thpe. איטריף 1) to be knocked about, dashed; to be tossed about; to be n spasms. Targ. Is. XIII, 16. Ib. LI, 20; a. e. --- Lev. R. s. 12 beg. אילפא כהד׳ וכ׳ דמיטרפא like the ship that is tossed about in the breakers &c. Snh. 95a קמיה אי׳ יונה אתו a dove came down and rolled before him in spasms. -- Trnsf. to be agitated, troubled. Targ. Gen. XLI, 8 (some ed. מטר׳ Part. pass. Pa., v. supra). Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 5; a. fr. -- Y. Taan. I, 64b bot. להכא . . איטרפון למה why did tthe rabbis (you) take the trouble of coming hither. -- 2) to be spotted, full, of incisions &c., v. supra a. טרוף. -- 3) to become, or be trefah. Hull. 57b בה דמיטרפה במידי in the same limb through the mutilation of which the animmal became trcfah. Ib. 48a מיטרפא מיניה דלאו where the