◄ 3913. latash ►
Strong's Concordance
latash: to hammer, sharpen, whet
Original Word: לָטַשׁ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: latash
Phonetic Spelling: (law-tash')
Short Definition: sharpen
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[לָטַשׁ] verb hammer, sharpen, whet (Late Hebrew id., hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ, sharpen; Arabic strike, tap); —

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

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

2 sharpen sword חֶרֶב (accusative) Psalm 7:13; compare 1 Samuel 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 Psalm 52:4 a sharpened razor (in simile of evil tongue).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
instructor, sharpen, whet

A primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. To sharpen -- instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

Forms and Transliterations
יִלְט֑וֹשׁ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ ילטוש לִ֠לְטוֹשׁ לֹטֵ֕שׁ לטש ללטוש מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ מלטש lil·ṭō·wōš Liltoosh lilṭōwōš lō·ṭêš lōṭêš loTesh mə·luṭ·ṭāš məluṭṭāš melutTash yil·ṭō·wōš yilToosh yilṭōwōš
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5 Occurrences


lil·ṭō·wōš — 1 Occ.
lō·ṭêš — 1 Occ.
mə·luṭ·ṭāš — 1 Occ.
yil·ṭō·wōš — 2 Occ.

Genesis 4:22
HEB: תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן לֹטֵ֕שׁ כָּל־ חֹרֵ֥שׁ
NAS: to Tubal-cain, the forger of all
KJV: Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer
INT: gave to Tubal-cain the forger of all artificer

1 Samuel 13:20
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים לִ֠לְטוֹשׁ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־
NAS: each to sharpen his plowshare,
KJV: to the Philistines, to sharpen every man
INT: Israel to the Philistines to sharpen each his share

Job 16:9
HEB: בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃
NAS: My adversary glares at me.
KJV: mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes
INT: his teeth my adversary sharpeneth his eyes

Psalm 7:12
HEB: יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ
NAS: a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
KJV: If he turn not, he will whet his sword;
INT: repent his sword will sharpen his bow has bent

Psalm 52:2
HEB: לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃
NAS: destruction, Like a sharp razor,
KJV: mischiefs; like a sharp razor,
INT: your tongue razor A sharp worker of deceit

5 Occurrences

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