Lexical Definition

‎טָפַל‎ ṭâphal (taw-fal') to smear ^H:V
a primitive root

forge(-r), sew up.

• properly, to stick on as apatch
• figuratively, to impute falsely

1) (Qal) to smear, plaster over, stick, glue

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎טָפַל‎] verb smear or plaster (over), stick, glue (Late Hebrew id., besmear, plaster; Aramaic ‎טְפַל‎ id., figurative attack; ‎טְפֵילָא‎ mortar; defile; Assyrian ‰apâlu, besmear (?), Dl^{Pr 48}; HWB) —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎טָֽפְלוּ‎ Ps 119:69 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎וַתִּטְפֹּל‎ Job 14:17 Participle plural construct ‎טֹפְלֵי‎ Job 13:4 — ‎טָֽפְלוּ עָלַי שֶׁקֶר זֵדִים‎ Ps 119:69 insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, 'making his real character unrecognisable' (De); ‎טִפְלֵי שֶׁקֶר‎ Job 13:4 ye are falsehood-plasterers (|| ‎רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל‎); compare Assyrian amât taš‡irti tâpilti Ullusum, a speech of falsehood besmearing Ullusum, Dt^{Pr 48}; ‎וַתִּטְפֹּל עַלעֲֿוֺנִי‎ Job 14:17 and thou hast glued over mine iniquity, i.e. glued it up, for safe keeping against the day of reckoning (|| ‎חָתֻם בִּצְרוֺר פִּשְׁעִי‎).

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