תָּפַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8608

sound the timbrel — used 2 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

sound the timbrel tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּפַף: vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat;— Pt. עֲלָמוֹת תֹּפֵפוֹת ψ 68:26; read Impf. וַיָּ֫תָף 1 S 21:14 𝔊 (v. תוה). Poʿēl. Pt. כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים מְתֹפְפֹת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶן Na 2:8; > Sta (after 𝔊) מְצַפְצְפוֹת twittering.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: [they are] beating (1); [who were] playing tambourines (1).

In the verses

Psalms 68:26 · tree →

קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃

Word for word: they.went.in.front singers [were].behind musicians among young.women [who.were].playing.tambourines

JPS 1917: The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.

Nahum 2:8 · tree →

וְהֻצַּ֖ב גֻּלְּתָ֣ה הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָה וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙ כְּק֣וֹל יוֹנִ֔ים מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃

Word for word: and it.has.been.fixed it.was.uncovered it.was.taken.away and maidservants its [are].moaning like.[the] sound of.doves [they.are].beating on hearts their

JPS 1917: And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

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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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