torn animal
te.re.phah denotes an animal torn or killed by beasts, and in one passage prey taken for destruction.
The term most often identifies an animal torn by beasts, especially in instructions distinguishing such flesh from permitted food and in a shepherd’s account of loss. In Nahum 2:13, the verse’s imagery uses it in the setting of prey that will be cut off from the land.
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Animal torn by beasts · dominant
In Leviticus 17:15, the feminine singular absolute form occurs with what “dies of itself,” and the APB renders the clause “what is torn by beasts” in a rule about eating and becoming unclean. The same kind of animal is prohibited as food in Leviticus 22:8 and Ezekiel 44:31; Genesis 31:39 places it among animals for whose loss the speaker accepts responsibility.
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Prey marked for cutting off · rare
In Nahum 2:13, the feminine singular absolute form stands in an announcement of judgment alongside burned chariots, consumed lions, and silenced messengers. The APB renders the relevant object as “your prey” in the clause “I will cut your prey from the land”; Its precise contribution is less certain than in the food-law passages.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term in food and purity contexts as “torn by beasts,” “torn animal,” or “torn by wild animals.” In Nahum 2:13 it renders the clause with “your prey”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.