טֹוטָפֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2903

bands — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

bands tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טוֹטָפוֹת: n.f.pl. bands tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f.pl. bands (NH טוֹטֶפֶת; Aramaic טוֹטֶפְתָּא, and especially pl. טוטפין id.)—always bands, frontlet-bands, between the eyes (‖ אוֹת על יד; cf. זִכָּרוֹן בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ Ex 13:9 ‖ id.); fig. of dedication of firstborn וְהָיָה … לְטוֹטָפֹת בין עיניך Ex 13:16 (JE); of commandments of י׳, וְהָיוּ לְטו׳ Dt 11:18 and וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפת Dt 6:8.—This injunction, orig. fig. for perpetual remembrance (otherwise Kn and Kleinl.c. 666 ff., vid. supr., BenzArch. 111 NowArch. i. 134), was taken literally by later Jews, and hence the custom of wearing phylacteries; v. Di (on Ex 13:16) WinerRE RiHWB (art. Denkzettel) SmithDict. Bib. (art. Frontlets) StaZAW 1894, 312 f., 317.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: marks (3).

In the verses

Deuteronomy 6:8 · tree →

וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

Word for word: and you will.tie.them for a.sign on hand your and they.will.be for marks between eyes your

JPS 1917: And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Exodus 13:16 · tree →

וְהָיָ֤ה לְאוֹת֙ עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה וּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֑יךָ כִּ֚י בְּחֹ֣זֶק יָ֔ד הוֹצִיאָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ס

Word for word: and it.will.become (into).a sign on hand your and (into) marks between eyes your (dm) by strength of.hand he brought.us.out Yahweh from Egypt

JPS 1917: And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.'

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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