טַף m. collect. pl. (b. h.; טָפַף I; cmp. טפל) [joined to, dependent,] children. Ḥag. 3ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 12) טף למה באין why must the children come?; Tosef. Sot. VII, 9 טף למה בא (Var. טְפֵלִין … באין); Ab. d’R. N. ch. XVIII. Mekh. Bo. s. 16 וכי טף היה יודע וכ׳ would children have known to distinguish &c.?
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טַף m. collect. pl. (b. h.; טָפַף I ; cmp. טפל ) [ joined to, dependent ,] children . Ḥag. 3ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 12 ) טף למה באין why must the…
References
- Jastrow, טָפַף I 1
- Chagigah 3a:17
- Deuteronomy 31:12
- Tosefta Sotah 7:9
- Avot D'Rabbi Natan 18:2