טָרַף

His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

…like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.