BDB4407 [H3913]

[לָטַשׁ] verb hammer, sharpen, whet (Late Hebrew id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, sharpen; Arabic strike, tap); —

Qal Imperfect יִלְטוֺשׁ Job 16:9; Ps 7:13 Infinitive construct לֵלְטוֺשׁ 1Sam 13:20 Participle לֹטֵשׁ; —

1. hammer, only Participle = hammerer followed by כָּלתֹֿרֵשׁ Gen 4:22 (J).

2. sharpen sword חֶרֶב (accusative) Ps 7:13 compare 1Sam 13:20, object מַחֲרֶשֶׁת, אֵת, קַרְדֹּם, מַחֲרֵשָׁה; figurative עֵינַיִם לִי ׳ל Job 16:9 my foe whets his eye for me Pu`al Participle תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ Ps 52:4 a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).

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