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title: תָּפַר — sew together · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּפַר (8609), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sew together. BDB 1906: vb. sew together. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּפַר

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«תָּפַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sew together** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8609 · **BDB:** תָּפַר

### Glosses

I.have.sewed (1); \[women.who\].sew (1); sew (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sew together [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8609/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sew together [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8609/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sew together (NH id.; Aramaic תְּפַר);— Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְפְּרוּ Gn 3:7 (J) they sewed together fig-leaves (acc.); Pf. 1 s. תָּפַ֫רְתִּי Jb 16:15, c. acc. + עֲלֵי, sackcloth I have sewed upon my skin; Inf. cstr. עֵת לִתְפּוֹר Ec 3:7 a time to sew together (opp. קָרַע). Pt. as subst.f.pl. מְתַפְּרוֹת Ez 13:18 those who keep sewing, c. acc. + עַל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּפַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8609/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.15/)

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שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* sackcloth I.have.sewed over skin my and I.have.inserted in the dust horn my

*JPS 1917:* I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

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[Ecclesiastes 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.7/)

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עֵ֤ת לִקְר֙וֹעַ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִתְפּ֔וֹר עֵ֥ת לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת וְעֵ֥ת לְדַבֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* a.time to tear and a.time to sew a.time to be.silent and a.time to speak

*JPS 1917:* A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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