לָטַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3913

hammer — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hammer tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָטַשׁ: vb. hammer, sharpen, whet tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. hammer, sharpen, whet (NH id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, ܠܛܰܫ sharpen; Arabic لَطَسَ strike, tap);— Impf. יִלְטוֹשׁ Jb 16:9 ψ 7:13; Inf. cstr. לִלְטוֹשׁ 1 S 13:20; Pt. לֹטֵשׁ;— hammer, only Pt. = hammerer, sq. כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ Gn 4:22 (J). sharpen sword, חֶרֶב (acc.) ψ 7:13; cf. 1 S 13:20, obj. מַחֲרֶשֶׁת, אֵת, קַרְדֹּם, מַחֲרֵשָׁה; fig. ל׳ עֵינַיִם לִי Jb 16:9 my foe whets his eyes for me. Pt. תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ ψ 52:4 a sharpened razor (in sim. of evil tongue).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a sharpener (1); he sharpens (1); he will sharpen (1).

In the verses

Psalms 52:4 · tree →

הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

Word for word: destruction(s) it.plots tongue your like a.razor sharpened O.[you.who].do (of).deceit

JPS 1917: Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 7:13 · tree →

אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃

Word for word: if not anyone.will.repent sword his he.will.sharpen bow his he.has.bent and he has.prepared.it

JPS 1917: If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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