טָפַל ṭâphal — properly, to stick on as a patch
Translated in the KJV as forge, sew up.
a primitive root; properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely.
ṭâphal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1Perfect (qatal) 1
טֹֽפְלֵי Job 13:4 Participle (active), masculine plural
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל Job 14:17 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
טָפְל֬וּ Ps 119:69 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›