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title: תֹּף — timbrel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּף (8596), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: timbrel. BDB 1906: n.m. timbrel, tambourine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּף

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«תֹּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **timbrel** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 8596 · **BDB:** תֹּף²

### Glosses

tambourines (7); tambourine (6); a.tambourine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

timbrel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8596/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. timbrel, tambourine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8596/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. timbrel, tambourine;—abs. ת׳ Gn 31:27 +; pl. תֻּפִּים Ju 11:34 +; sf. תֻּפֶּ֫יךָ Ez 28:13, תֻּפַּ֫יִךְ Je 31:4;—timbrel, held and struck with hand, especially by dancing women, often with other musical instr.:—sign of merriment, gladness Gn 31:27 (E) Jb 21:12, revelry Is 5:12; מְשׂוֹשׂ ת׳ 24:8, cf. Je 31:4; Ez 28:19 (Co setting); triumph Ex 15:20(×2) (E) Ju 11:34; 1 S 18:6; Is 30:32; used by prophets in ecstasy 1 S 10:5; in praise of י׳ 2 S 6:5 ‖ 1 Ch 13:8, ψ 81:3; 149:3; 150:4.—Vid. PrinceEB Music, § 3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «תֹּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8596/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 81:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.3/)

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שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* lift.up music and beat a.tambourine a.harp pleasant with a.lyre

*JPS 1917:* Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

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[Isaiah 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.8/)

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שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ תֻּפִּ֔ים חָדַ֖ל שְׁא֣וֹן עַלִּיזִ֑ים שָׁבַ֖ת מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ כִּנּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.tambourines it.has.stopped \[the\].uproar of.exultant.\[people\] it.has.ceased \[the\].joy of.\[the\].harp

*JPS 1917:* The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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