טְרֵפָה

1. animal torn (by wild beasts), of sheep and goats Gen 31:39 (E); ox, ass or sheep Exod 22:12 (J E; strike out We^KlPr on Amos 3:12, as gloss from Gen 31:39); indefinite vGen 31:31 (J E; forbidden as food); commonly with נְבֵלָה (i.e. what dies naturally) as forbidden food, Lev 7:24 (P), Lev 17:15; Lev 22:8 (both H), Ezek 4:14; Ezek 44:31 torn flesh, in metaphor of Nineveh's king as lion Nah 2:13 (|| טֶ֫רֶ ף).