Biblica Analytica

טַף

taph (H2945)

child

42 verses 12 books OT 42 / NT 0
AI Word Study

The Hebrew word טַף (taph) is defined as "child." Its semantic domain is Kinship & Family, which suggests that it primarily relates to the relationships between individuals within a family unit. The fact that it is a short definition implies that the word has a clear and simple meaning, with no nuances or multiple connotations. The word taph appears 42 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the Hebrew scriptures. Its frequency suggests that children and family relationships are prominent themes in the text. The lack of additional information about the word's nuances and uses in the lexicon data implies that it is often used in a straightforward manner to refer to children, without any complex or context-dependent meanings. Overall, the word taph is a basic term for "child" that is deeply embedded in the Hebrew language and culture. Its frequent appearance in the Bible highlights the importance of family and children in the text and suggests that it is a fundamental concept in the Hebrew worldview. Its lack of complexity and nuance suggests that it was used in everyday life and communication, making it a relatable and tangible concept for readers and listeners.

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Genesis 34:29

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

Genesis 43:8

Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

Genesis 45:19

Now you are commanded to do this: Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Genesis 46:5

Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Genesis 47:12

Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.

Genesis 47:24

It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”

Genesis 50:8

All the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:21

Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

Exodus 10:10

He said to them, “Yahweh be with you if I let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.

Exodus 10:24

Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”

Exodus 12:37

The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children.

Numbers 14:3

Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

Numbers 14:31

But I will bring your little ones that you said should be captured or killed in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.

Numbers 16:27

So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

Numbers 31:9

The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.

Numbers 31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:18

But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 32:16

They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;

Numbers 32:17

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:24

Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”

Numbers 32:26

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

Deuteronomy 1:39

Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed, your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.

Deuteronomy 2:34

We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.

Deuteronomy 3:6

We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.

Deuteronomy 3:19

But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock, (I know that you have much livestock), shall live in your cities which I have given you,

Deuteronomy 20:14

but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,

Deuteronomy 31:12

Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law,

Joshua 1:14

Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them

Joshua 8:35

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua didn’t read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.

Judges 18:21

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.

Judges 21:10

The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

2 Samuel 15:22

David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.

2 Chronicles 20:13

All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

2 Chronicles 31:18

and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.

Esther 3:13

Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

Esther 8:11

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

Jeremiah 40:7

Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 41:16

Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

Jeremiah 43:6

the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;

Ezekiel 9:6

Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.