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title: טַף — children · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַף (2945), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: children. BDB 1906: n.m. children. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַף

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«טַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **children** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 2945 · **BDB:** טַף²

### Glosses

one\[s\] (25); little.one\[s\] (6); your.little (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

children [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2945/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. children [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2945/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. coll. children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic ጣፍ: Di 1251)—טַף Je 41:16 + 11 times; טָ֑ף Je 40:7 + 5 times; sf. טַפֵּנוּ Gn 43:8 + 5 times; טַפְּכֶם Gn 45:19 + 10 times; טַפָּם Gn 34:29 + 6 times; never cstr. and never pl. (in Gn 47:24 om. 𝔊, cf. Di);—children, little ones, Gn 34:29 (E) + 18 times JE (Gn Ex Nu), also Dt 1:39 + 8 times D (incl. Jos 1:14; 8:35); P only Nu 31:9, 17, 18, where note זָכָר בַּטָּ֑ף v 17 = young boys, and הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים v 18 = young girls; also Ju 18:21; 21:10 2 S 15:22 Je 40:7; 41:16; 43:6 Ez 9:6 2 Ch 20:13; 31:18 Ezr 8:21 Est 3:13; 8:11; the words מְתִים וְנָשִׁים וְהַטָּ֑ף Dt 2:34; 3:6 incl. all inhabitants; so אֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף Dt 31:12 Je 40:7; 43:6; טַף distinguished from בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה Ez 9:6; also from בְּנֵיהֶם 2 Ch 20:13, and from בְּנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶם 2 Ch 31:18. Note that the word includes (or implies) women as well as children, in foll.: Gn 47:12 Ex 12:37 (E), 10:10, 24 (J), Nu 32:16, 17 (JE; cf. Di on v 26).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2945/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 31:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.18/)

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וְכֹל֙ הַטַּ֣ף בַּנָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדְע֖וּ מִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר הַחֲי֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and all the.little one\[s\] among the women who not they.have.known lying of.a.male preserve.alive for yourselves

*JPS 1917:* But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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[2 Chronicles 20:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.13/)

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וְכָ֨ל־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֹמְדִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה גַּם־טַפָּ֖ם נְשֵׁיהֶ֥ם וּבְנֵיהֶֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and all Judah \[were\].standing before Yahweh also one\[s\] their.little wives their and children their

*JPS 1917:* And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

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