Jastrow: תִּפְלָה

תִּפְלָה, תִּי׳ f. (b. h.; תָּפַל) [mud, slime,] frivolity, trivial cause; impropriety, indecency. Ab. Zar. 63ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) כל למעוטי תי׳ שפיר דמי anything to diminish folly (idolatry) is right. Ib. 64ᵃ ואלו למעט את הת׳ שפיר דמי Ms. M. (ed. ואלו למעוטי ת׳ שרי) but in this case, as it serves to diminish folly (the sin of כִּלְאַיִם), it is right. Tosef. Sot. VI, 8 אי אפשר לעמוד על תִּיפְלָתָם Var. (ed. Zuck. התָּפֵל) it is impossible to understand their frivolous ways; a. e.—Lam. R. to II, 14 נאמר בנביאי שומרון ת׳ … ירושלים ת׳ of the prophets of Samaria the word tiflah is used (Jer. XXIII, 13) …, and of the prophets of Jerusalem the word tiflah (tafel) is used (Lam. l. c.).