Word Study · Strong's H2945 · Hebrew
טַף
taph
taf
Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭaph
“a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Rendered in the KJV as
(little) children (ones), families.
- 42occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 37inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 42 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 37
- טַפָּם֙3
- וְהַטַּ֔ף2
- וְהַטָּֽף׃2
- טַפְּכֶ֑ם2
- בַּטָּ֑ף1
- הַטַּ֣ף1
- הַטַּ֧ף1
- הַטַּ֖ף1
- הַטַּף֮1
- הַטָּֽף׃1
- וְהַטַּ֨ף1
- וְהַטָּ֑ף1
and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- and the little one[s]6
- little one[s] their6
- little one[s] your5
- the little one[s]5
- and little one[s]3
- and little one[s] your3
- for little one[s] your3
- little one[s] our3
- little one[s]2
- among the little one[s]1
- and for little one[s] our1
- and little one[s] our1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 15
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural3
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 6
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 6
- HNcmsc/Sp2mp · 5
- HTd/Ncmsa · 5
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp1bp · 3
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp · 3
- HNcmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1bp · 1
All 42, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Numbers10 of 42 · 24%
- Genesis8 of 42 · 19%
- Deuteronomy7 of 42 · 17%
- Exodus3 of 42 · 7%
- Jeremiah3 of 42 · 7%
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis8 occurrences
- Genesis 34:29טַפָּם֙tapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.here: little one[s] their
- Genesis 43:8טַפֵּֽנוּ׃tapenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralAnd Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.here: little one[s] our
- Genesis 45:19לְטַפְּכֶם֙letapekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYou are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.here: for little one[s] your
- Genesis 46:5טַפָּם֙tapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.here: little one[s] their
- Genesis 47:12הַטָּֽף׃hatafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularJoseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.here: the little one[s]
- Genesis 47:24לְטַפְּכֶֽם׃letapekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAt harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”here: for little one[s] your
- Genesis 50:8טַפָּם֙tapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralalong with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.here: little one[s] their
- Genesis 50:21טַפְּכֶ֑םtapekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.here: little one[s] your
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 10:10טַפְּכֶ֑םtapekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.here: little one[s] your
- Exodus 10:24טַפְּכֶ֖םtapekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”here: little one[s] your
- Exodus 12:37מִטָּֽף׃mitafpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.here: from little one[s]
Numbers10 occurrences
- Numbers 14:3וְטַפֵּ֖נוּvetapenuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralWhy is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”here: and little one[s] our
- Numbers 14:31וְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔םvetapekhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralBut I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.here: and little one[s] your
- Numbers 16:27וְטַפָּֽם׃vetapamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: and little one[s] their
- Numbers 31:9טַפָּ֑םtapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.here: little one[s] their
- Numbers 31:17בַּטָּ֑ףbatafpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,here: among the little one[s]
- Numbers 31:18הַטַּ֣ףhatafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularbut spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.here: the little one[s]
- Numbers 32:16לְטַפֵּֽנוּ׃letapenupreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralThen the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.here: for little one[s] our
- Numbers 32:17טַפֵּ֙נוּ֙tapenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralBut we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.here: little one[s] our
- Numbers 32:24לְטַפְּכֶ֔םletapekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralBuild cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”here: for little one[s] your
- Numbers 32:26טַפֵּ֣נוּtapenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralOur children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.here: little one[s] our
Deuteronomy7 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:39וְטַפְּכֶם֩vetapekhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.here: and little one[s] your
- Deuteronomy 2:34וְהַטָּ֑ףvehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.here: and the little one[s]
- Deuteronomy 3:6וְהַטָּֽף׃vehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWe devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.here: and the little one[s]
- Deuteronomy 3:19וְטַפְּכֶם֮vetapekhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralBut your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,here: and little one[s] your
- Deuteronomy 20:14וְהַטַּ֨ףvehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.here: and the little one[s]
- Deuteronomy 29:11טַפְּכֶ֣םtapekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralyour children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—here: little one[s] your
- Deuteronomy 31:12וְהַטַּ֔ףvehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAssemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.here: and the little one[s]
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 1:14טַפְּכֶם֮tapekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,here: little one[s] your
- Joshua 8:35וְהַטַּ֔ףvehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThere was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.here: and the little one[s]
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 18:21הַטַּ֧ףhatafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularPutting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.here: the little one[s]
- Judges 21:10וְהַטָּֽף׃vehatafconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.here: and the little one[s]
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 20:13טַפָּ֖םtapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralMeanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.here: little one[s] their
- 2 Chronicles 31:18טַפָּ֧םtapamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters in the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.here: little one[s] their
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 3:13טַ֤ףtafnoun · masculine singularAnd the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.here: little one[s]
- Esther 8:11טַ֣ףtafnoun · masculine singularBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.here: little one[s]
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 40:7וָטָ֔ףvatafconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,here: and little one[s]
- Jeremiah 41:16וְטַף֙vetafconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.here: and little one[s]
- Jeremiah 43:6הַטַּף֮hatafthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.here: the little one[s]