תָּפַף tâphaph — to drum, i.e. play (as) on the tambourine
Translated in the KJV as taber, play with timbrels.
a primitive root; to drum, i.e. play (as) on the tambourine.
tâphaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת Ps 68:26 Participle (active), feminine plural
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Po'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת Nah 2:8 Participle (active), feminine plural
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
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 ›