- טריפה
- טְרֵיפָה, טְרֵפָהf. (b. h.; טָרַף) 1) an animal torn by a beast of prey. Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 v. טֶרֶף. 2) (ritual law) an animal afflicted with a (fatal) organic disease, the discovery of which, after slaughtering, makes it forbidden, trefah, (of persons, m.) one having a fatal organic disease (the killing of whom would not be considered murder before the law). Ḥull.42a ט׳ אינה חיה a trefa animal cannot survive (a year); a. fr.Snh.78a ההורג את הט׳ if one kills a person afflicted with a fatal organic disease; וט׳ שהרג and if such a person committed a murder. Ib. עידי ט׳ witnesses afflicted ; a. fr. 3) organic disease. Lev. R. s. 13 (ref. to החיה, Lev. 11:2) החיה מטְרֵיפָתָהּוכ׳ that which can recover from its disease, you may eat.Pl. טְרֵיפוֹת, טְרֵפוֹת. Ḥull.III, 1; a. fr.Esp. cases of trefah, ritual law concerning trefah. Ib. 48b; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
