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title: תָּפַף — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «תָּפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: sound the timbrel. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# תָּפַף

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**Who acts:** you, vb denom, they · **What happens:** sound, beat, play · **To what, where:** timbrel, Poʿēl, tambourines

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«תָּפַף‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [תָּפַף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8608.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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sound the timbrel

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8608:m1:1
# text = sound the timbrel
1	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | imperative | you *not said here* | the timbrel |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location timbrel=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8608:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	Poʿēl	Poʿēl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | infinitive | vb denom | the timbrel |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location timbrel=Theme |
| 2 | **beat** | infinitive | vb denom *not said here* | Poʿēl |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location poʿēl=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they are beating; who were playing tambourines

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8608:m3:1
# text = they are beating; who were playing tambourines
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	beating	beat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	tambourines	tambourine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | past · progressive |  | tambourines |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tambourine=Theme |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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