Lexical Definition

‎תָּפַר‎ tâphar (taw-far') to sew ^H:V
a primitive root

(women that) sew (together).

• to sew

1) to sew together
1a) (Qal) to sew, sew together
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to sew
1b2) sewing (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תָּפַר‎] verb sew together (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎תְּפַר‎); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתְפְרוּ‎ Gen 3:7 (J) they sewed together fig-leaves (accusative); Perfect 1 singular ‎תָּפַ֫רְתִּי‎ Job 16:15, with accusative + ‎עֲלֵי‎, sackcloth I have sewed upon my skin; Infinitive construct ‎עֵת לִתְפּוֺר‎ Eccl 3:6 a time to sew together (opposed to ‎קָרַע‎). Pi`el Participle as substantive feminine plural ‎מְתַפְּרוֺת‎ Ezek 13:18 those who keep sewing, with accusative + ‎עַל‎.

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