- טָרָף
- טָרָףm. (b. h., preced.) plucked, fresh; (homilet., v. preced.) nourishment. Snh.108b (ref. to Gen. 8:11) מאי משמע דהאי ט׳ לישנא דמזוני הוא what evidence is there that taraf has the meaning of food? Answ. ref. to הטריפני (Prov. 30:8); Erub.18b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.