תָּפַףtâphaph
sound the timbrel, beat
Pronunciation: taw-faf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8608
Meanings
Po`el: twittering (Nahum 2:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 68:25 Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.
- Nahum 2:7 Nineveh’s exile has been decreed, and all the servant girls mourn its capture. They moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).