טָפַל ṭâphal — properly, to stick on as a patch

pronounced taw-fal' · Strong's H2950 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

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) 3×

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. (KJV)

וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל Job 14:17 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. (KJV)

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. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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