STRONGS H2945:
Abbreviations
טַף 42 noun masculine collective
children (as going with
quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic
Di
1251) —
טַף Jeremiah 41:16 +
11 times;
טָ֑ף Jeremiah 40:7 +
5 times; suffix
טַפֵּנוּ Genesis 43:8 +
5 times;
טַפְּכֶם Genesis 45:19 +
10 times;
טַפָּם Genesis 34:29 +
6 times; never construct and never plural (in
Genesis 47:24 omitted by
, compare Di); —
children, little ones,
Genesis 34:29 (E) +
18 times J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also
Deuteronomy 1:39 +
8 times D (including
Joshua 1:14;
Joshua 8:35); P only
Numbers 31:9, 17, 18, where note
זָכָר בַּטָּ֑ף Numbers 31:17 =
young boys, and
הַטַף בַּנָּשִׁים Numbers 31:18 =
young girls; also
Judges 18:21;
Judges 21:10;
2 Samuel 15:22;
Jeremiah 40:7;
Jeremiah 41:16;
Jeremiah 43:6;
Ezekiel 9:6;
2 Chronicles 20:13; 31:18;
Ezra 8:21;
Esther 3:13;
Esther 8:11; the words
מְתִים וְנָשִׁים וְהַטָ֑ף Deuteronomy 2:34;
Deuteronomy 3:6 including all inhabitants; so
אֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף Deuteronomy 31:12;
Jeremiah 40:7;
Jeremiah 43:6;
טַף distinguished from
בָּחוּר וּבְּתוּלָה Ezekiel 9:6; also from
בְּנֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 20:13, and from
בְנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 31:18.
**Note that the word includes (or implies)
women as well as children, in following:
Genesis 47:12;
Exodus 12:37 (E),
Exodus 10:10;
Exodus 10:24 (J),
Numbers 32:16;
Numbers 32:17 (J E; compare Di on
Numbers 32:26).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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