טַף42 noun masculine collective children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic Di1251) — טַף [Jer 41:16] + 11 t.; טָ֑ף [Jer 40:7] + 5 t.; suffix טַפֵּנוּ [Gen 43:8] + 5 t.; טַפְּכֶם [Gen 45:19] + 10 t.; טַפָּם [Gen 34:29] + 6 t.; never construct and never plural (in [Gen 47:24] omitted by ᵐ5, compare Di); — children, little ones, [Gen 34:29] (E) + 18 t. J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also [Deut 1:39] + 8 t. D (including [Josh 1:14]; [Josh 8:35]); P only [Num 31:9]; [Num 31:17]; [Num 31:18], where note זָכָר בַּטָּ֑ף v[Num 31:17] = young boys, and הַטַף בַּנָּשִׁים v[Num 31:18] = young girls; also [Judg 18:21]; [Judg 21:10]; [2Sam 15:22]; [Jer 40:7]; [Jer 41:16]; [Jer 43:6]; [Ezek 9:6]; [2Chr 20:13]; [2Chr 31:18]; [Ezra 8:21]; [Esth 3:13]; [Esth 8:11] the words מְתִים וְנָשִׁים וְהַטָ֑ף [Deut 2:34]; [Deut 3:6] including all inhabitants; so אֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף [Deut 31:12]; [Jer 40:7]; [Jer 43:6] טַף distinguished from בָּחוּר וּבְּתוּלָה [Ezek 9:6] also from בְּנֵיהֶם [2Chr 20:13], and from בְנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם [2Chr 31:18].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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