Word Study · Strong's H8608 · Hebrew

תָּפַף

taphaph

taw-faf'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tâphaph

“to drum, i.e. play (as) on the tambourine”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to drum, i.e. play (as) on the tambourine

Rendered in the KJV as

taber, play with timbrels.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת1
תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃1

How it is rendered · 2

[they are] beating1
playing tambourines1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plural1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVprfpa · 1
HVqrfpa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms1 of 2 · 50%
Nahum1 of 2 · 50%

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Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 68:25תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃tofefotverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralThe singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.here: playing tambourines

Nahum1 occurrence

Nahum 2:7מְתֹפְפֹ֖תmetofefotverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralIt is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.here: [they are] beating

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