H3913
לָטַשׁ
to sharpen
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[לָטַשׁ] verb hammer, sharpen, whet (Late Hebrew id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, sharpen; Arabic strike, tap); —
Qal Imperfect יִלְטוֺשׁ Job 16:9; Ps 7:13 Infinitive construct לֵלְטוֺשׁ 1Sam 13:20 Participle לֹטֵשׁ; —
1. hammer, only Participle = hammerer followed by כָּלתֹֿרֵשׁ Gen 4:22 (J).
2. sharpen sword חֶרֶב (accusative) Ps 7:13 compare 1Sam 13:20, object מַחֲרֶשֶׁת, אֵת, קַרְדֹּם, מַחֲרֵשָׁה; figurative עֵינַיִם לִי ׳ל Job 16:9 my foe whets his eye for me Pu`al Participle תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ Ps 52:4 a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).
3 occurrences
Genesis (1), I Samuel (1), Job (1)