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Deuteronomy 1:39

“Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

טַףṭaph · taf
H2945 · Hebrew
Definition
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Derivation
from H2952 (טָפַף) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children);
KJV renderings
(little) children (ones), families.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • טַפְּ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
  • כֶם֩ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp
Usage
Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:29Genesis 43:8Genesis 45:19Genesis 46:5Genesis 47:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read טַף here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.