טֶרֶף

טֶרֶףm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) prey. Sot.47b, v. טָרַף.Gen. R. s. 99 (ref. to מטרף, Gen. 49:9) מטַרְפּוֹ של יוסף from making Joseph a prey, i. e. saving Joseph; מטַרְפָּהּ של תמר saving Tamar. Yalk. Ps. 637; Midr. Till. to Ps. 7, ed. Bub. יושב על טַרְפּוֹ (oth. ed. טְרֵפָתוֹ) sits over his prey. 2) food. Snh.108b, v. next w. 3) (v. next w.) foliage, green. Sifra Metsora, beg. ובראשה ט׳ with green foliage on its top, v. next w.; Y.Sot.II, 18a top וראשה ט׳ (corr. acc., or read as Tosef.Neg.VIII, 2 טרוף).