Lexical Definition

‎טַף‎ ṭaph (taf) child ^H:N-M
from ‎טָפַף‎ (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)

(little) children (ones), families.

• a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)

1) children, little children, little ones

See Greek: ἔκγονον · λαός · νήπιος · ὄχλος · παιδίον · συγγένεια · σῶμα · τέκνον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טַף‎₄₂ noun masculine collective children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic Di¹²⁵¹) — ‎טַף‎ Jer 41:16 + 11 t.; ‎טָ֑ף‎ Jer 40:7 + 5 t.; suffix ‎טַפֵּנוּ‎ Gen 43:8 + 5 t.; ‎טַפְּכֶם‎ Gen 45:19 + 10 t.; ‎טַפָּם‎ Gen 34:29 + 6 t.; never construct and never plural (in Gen 47:24 omitted by ᵐ5, compare Di); — children, little ones, Gen 34:29 (E) + 18 t. J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also Deut 1:39 + 8 t. D (including Josh 1:14; Josh 8:35); P only Num 31:9; Num 31:17; Num 31:18, where note ‎זָכָר בַּטָּ֑ף‎ vNum 31:17 = young boys, and ‎הַטַף בַּנָּשִׁים‎ vNum 31:18 = young girls; also Judg 18:21; Judg 21:10; 2Sam 15:22; Jer 40:7; Jer 41:16; Jer 43:6; Ezek 9:6; 2Chr 20:13; 2Chr 31:18; Ezra 8:21; Esth 3:13; Esth 8:11 the words ‎מְתִים וְנָשִׁים וְהַטָ֑ף‎ Deut 2:34; Deut 3:6 including all inhabitants; so ‎אֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף‎ Deut 31:12; Jer 40:7; Jer 43:6 ‎טַף‎ distinguished from ‎בָּחוּר וּבְּתוּלָה‎ Ezek 9:6 also from ‎בְּנֵיהֶם‎ 2Chr 20:13, and from ‎בְנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם‎ 2Chr 31:18. **Note that the word includes (or implies) women as well as children, in following: Gen 47:12; Exod 12:37 (E), Exod 10:10; Exod 10:24 (J), Num 32:16; Num 32:17 (J E; compare Di on vNum 32:26).

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