תָּפֵל
tâphêl · taw-fale'
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to smear;
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
- plaster (as gummy) or slime
- (figuratively) frivolity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
The mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּפֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it with untempered3 · 43%
- can that which is unsavoury1 · 14%
- and foolish things1 · 14%
- with untempered1 · 14%
- them with untempered1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.