תָּפַף

«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.

Used: 2 times · Key: 8608 · BDB: תָּפַף

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

sound the timbrel tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Poʿēl. tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 68:26

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.

Nahum 2:8

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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