לָטַשׁ

la.tashVerbH3913

to sharpen

From: a primitive root;

Short Definition

properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

Grammar

Part of Speech Verb

Morphology H:V

DescriptionHebrew Verb

Occurrences

3 times

Appears 3 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Samuel
1
Genesis
1
Job
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Samuel 13:20
  • Genesis 4:22
  • Job 16:9

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