תָּפַף
tafaf · play the tambourine
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8608 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tafaf (תָּפַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “play the tambourine”.
To play the tambourine, to beat the rhythm on it with the hand.
How to say it
ta·faf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To keep the beat by striking the hand drum.
- To strike one's breast in grief.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- beating ×1
- playing tambourines ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 68:25
The singers went in front, the players of strings behind, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
- Nahum 2:7
And it is decided: she is stripped, she is carried up, and her slave women moan like the sound of doves, beating on their hearts.