תוף

Hebrew

Root
ת־פ־ף (t-p-p)
3 terms

Etymology

Gesenius connects this word to Persian دف (daf, “a frame drum”), from 𒁾 (dub, “frame, tablet”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔 (tp).

Noun

תוף / תֹּף • (tof) m (plural indefinite תופים / תֻּפִּים, plural construct תופי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. (music) drum
  2. (music) timbrel
    • Tanach, Exodus 15:20, with translation of the King James Version:
      […] וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת […]
      […] vatikákh Miryam han'víyah akhót aharón et-hatóf b'yadáh vatetsená kal-hanaším akharéyah b'tufím uvimokhlót […]
      […] And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. […]
  • תפף

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