HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8596
תֹּף
toph — tambourine
timbrel, tambourine
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Timbrel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8608
תָּפַף
ta.phaph — to beat
1) to play or sound the timbrel, beat, play upon, drum (on a timbrel or other object) 1a) (Qal) playing (participle) 1b) (Poel) beating (participle)
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(Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural allusions to it (Gen. 31:27; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34, etc.) (See MUSIC.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.