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title: תָּפַף — sound the timbrel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּפַף (8608), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sound the timbrel. BDB 1906: vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּפַף

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«תָּפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sound the 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8608 · **BDB:** תָּפַף

### Glosses

\[they.are\].beating (1); \[who.were\].playing.tambourines (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sound the timbrel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8608/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8608/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8608/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.26/)

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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.

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[Nahum 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.8/)

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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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