Lexical Summary taph: children Original Word: טַףTransliteration: taph Phonetic Spelling: (taf) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: children Meaning: a family Strong's Concordance little children ones, families From taphaph (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) -- (little) children (ones), families. see HEBREW taphaph Brown-Driver-Briggs H2945. taph טַף42 noun masculine collective children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic Di1251) — טַף Jeremiah 41:16 11t.; טָ֑ף 40:7 5t.; suffix טַמֵּנוּ Genesis 43:8 5t.; טַמְּכֶם 45:19 10t.; טַמָּם 34:29 6t.; never construct and never plural (in 47:24 omitted by ᵐ5, compare Di); — children, little ones, 34:29 (E) + 18 t. J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also Deuteronomy 1:39 8t. D (including Joshua 1:14; 8:35); P only Numbers 31:9, 17, 18, where note בַּטָּ֑ף זָכָר 31:17 = young boys, and בַּנָּשִׁים הַטַף 31:18 = young girls; also Judges 18:21; 21:10; 2 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 40:7; 41:16; 43:6; Ezekiel 9:6; 2 Chronicles 20:13; 31:18; Ezra 8:21; Esther 3:13; 8:11; the words וְהַטָ֑ף וְנָשִׁים מְתִים Deuteronomy 2:34; 3:6 including all inhabitants; so וְהַטָּף וְהַנָּשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים 31:12; Jeremiah 40:7; 43:6; טַף distinguished from וּבְּתוּלָה בָּחוּר Ezekiel 9:6; also from בְּנֵיהֶם2 Chronicles 20:13, and from וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם בְנֵיהֶם31:18. **Note that the word includes (or implies) women as well as children, in following: Genesis 47:12; Exodus 12:37 (E), 10:10; 10:24 (J), Numbers 32:16; 32:17 (J E; compare Di on 32:26). |
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