Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8608 - תָּפַף taphaph (to sound the timbrel)

Original Word:	תָּפַף
Transliteration:	taphaph
Definition:	to sound the timbrel, beat
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(taw-faf')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

taber, play with timbrels

A primitive root; to drum, i.e. Play (as) on the tambourine -- taber, play with timbrels.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to play or sound the timbrel, beat, play upon, drum (on a timbrel or other object)
1a) (Qal) playing (participle)
1b) (Poel) beating (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2536

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[תָּפַף] verb denominativesound the timbrel, beat; —

QalParticipleעֲלָמוֺת תֹּפֵפוֺתPsalm 68:26; read Imperfectוַיָּ֫תָף1 Samuel 21:14ᵐ5 (see תוה).

Po`elParticipleמְתֹפְפֹת עַללִֿבֵהֶן כְּקוֺל יוֺנִיםNahum 2:8; > Sta (after ᵐ5) מְצַפְצְפוֺתtwittering.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8608. תָּפַף (taphaph) — 2 Occurrences

Psalm 68:25
HEB:בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃
NAS: of the maidens beating tambourines.
KJV: [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
INT: the midst of the maidens beating

Nahum 2:7
HEB:כְּק֣וֹל יוֹנִ֔ים מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת עַל־ לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃
NAS: of doves, Beating on their breasts.
KJV: of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
INT: the sound of doves Beating on their breasts

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