Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
KJV Usage: instructer, sharp(-en), whet
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לָטַשׁ (la.tash) — to sharpen. 1) to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Shape | verb qal
to hammer, to forge = causative action by which humans use a hammer to shape iron and other metals
Shape | verb qal, verb pu'al
to sharpen, to whet literally: to hammer; hence: = causative action by which humans use an iron tool to cause an object to have a thin cutting edge, ► in order to make it useful and effective as a tool
See | verb qal
Collocation: לטשׁ עֵינַים
to give someone a menacing glare literally: to sharpen (one's) eyes; hence: = action by which someone glares at someone in a menacing way
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[לָטַשׁ] vb. hammer, sharpen, whet Qal hammer
sharpen sword
Pu. a sharpened razor
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