lyy, calumniate (cmp. טוה I, v. Ps. CXIX, 69). - Targ.Y. I
Deut. I, 1.
thpa. איטפל, tthpe. איטפיל to be put on. Part. מיטפל,
מיטפלא, מט׳ (notמ׳) forming a scab (h. מספחת). Targ. Y.
Lev. XIII, 6;7;8; 19. -- 2) to attend, care. Y. Taan. IV, 68d top
ביה מיטפלין דהוון עד while they were engaged in burying
him. - 3) to oin, attach one's self. Keth. 23a איטפלבקריבותיך
marry one of thy relations. Snh. 26a בהדיהו א׳ joined
them. Y. Kil. IX, 32c bot.; Y. Keth. XII, 35b וא׳ אזל
תמן מן בהון (not זמן) he went and remained in their com-
pany from thence.
טפל m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) attachment, of secondary import, opp. עיקר. Gen. R. s. 39 לו ט׳ ולוט (Var. נטפל) and Lot was merely an attachment to Abraham. Ber. 12b לו ט׳ . . ויציאת and the exodus from Egypt will be con- sidered of secondary import to it (the redemption from the powers). Ib. 13a ט׳ ויעקב the name Jacob will be sec- ondary to lsrael; a. fr. -- 2) pl. טפלים, טפלין dependants, children, minors. Kidd. 34b (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 12) חייבין ט׳ minors are obliged to appear; v. טף. B. Bath. 117a; a. fr. -- Y. Shebi. VII, beg. 37b תפילין, v. אלונטית II. -- V. טפלה.
טפלא ch. (preced.) children, family, household. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIV, 29 (Y. pl.); a. fr. -- Pl. טפליא, טפלין, טפלי. Targ. Y. Gen. XLVII, 12. Targ. Y. I Ex. XIII, 18; a. e. -- Hull. 18a ט׳ ביה תלו (Ar. טופלי) children are de- pendent on him.
טפלא, טפי׳ m. ch. (v. next w.) paste, plaster, coat- ing. Tar. Jer. XLIII, 9 טפיל conslr. (h. text מלט). -- Pes. 74b טפליה מעלי אי if lts doughapaste is good. M. Kat.9b, a. e. ט׳ בנתיה בעיין . . . דשתי because he drinks beer, his daughters need paste (to improve their comtplexion), v. טפל.
טפלה, טפי׳ f. (טפל) 1) paste, plaster. Kel. V, 7 הט׳ את גורר scrapes the plastering of. Ib. 8; 11. Tosef. ib. B. Kam. IV, 18; a. e. -- 2) attachment, dependlence, opp. עיקר. Ber. VI, 7 ט׳ ועמו עיקר שהוא כל whatever food is the chief dish and something is offered to be eaten with it. -- Tanh. Ki Thissa 27; Ex. R. s. 45, end, v. אתר. -- Y. M. Kat. III, 82c bof. לט׳ ט׳ (not בט׳) distant relations, grand-child. ren. - Pl. טפילות. Y. Meg. I, 711d bot. טפילותיהם their af- fixes (prefixes and suffixes).
טפלוחאי, v. טלופחא.
טשס (cmp. טפף I) to join; part. טופס q. v. Hithpa. הטפס (cmp. טפ) to seize with hands or feet, to climb. Tosef. Toh. VII, 10 וכ׳ מטפסין הרבים many climb (over the fences) and walk therein. Erub. 21a אדם וכ׳ מט׳ ועולה מטפס a human being may climb up and down; Y. ib. IX, beg. 25c וכ׳ כמטרפס (fr. טרפס) it is as in the case of accessibility by climbing &c. B. Bath. 11b וכ׳ מטפס Ms. M. a. oth. (ed. מטפיס, corr. acc., v. Rabbo. D. S. a. l. note) the chicken climbs &c. Cmp. תפס.
טפס ch. (v. preced.) [to join hands,] to agree, make a covenant. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIV, 15; 22; 23 (Y. אתפייס, h. text נאות). Targ. Prov. I, 10 ed. Lag. תטפיס (ed. תתפייס); [prob. everywhere tthpe.]. Ithpe. איטפס same, to be won, bribed. Targ. II Kings XII, 9. Targ. Is. XIII, 17, ed. Lag. (ed. מטקסין, corr. acc.).
*טפסא m. (v. טפם; cmp. טופסא) chest. - דמלכא ט׳ royal chest, treasury, archive. Yeb. 46a; B. Mets. 73b (Ms. M. טפט׳, Ms. H. a. F. ספתא, ed. Ven. טפסרא, Ar. s. v. מהרק ספטא, ספתא, v. סיפטא).
טפסא or טפ׳ v. טופסא. - טפסין, Y. Dem. V, 24a top, v. טפוס.
*טפסן f. pl. (~~~~, cmp. Syr. טפסתא, P. Sm. 1505) carpets, horse-cloths. Targ. Jer. XXXVIII, 11; sq.
טפסר, ט׳ m. (b. h., Assyr. dupsarru, Schr. KAT2 p. 424) scribe, royal dignitary. Ex. R. s. 43 (some ed. מלך as Num. R. s. 2). Gen. R. s. 90(ref. to Jer. LI, 27) טפסר נבוכד׳ וכ׳ ושר . . טפש dull as to wisdom though prince in years, v. אביך.
טפסרא ch. same. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 12 (di- vine key-keeper). [B. Mets. 73b ed. Ven., v. טפסא.] ---- Pl. טפסריאא. Nah. III, 17 טפסריך (ed. Lag. טפסרך).
טפף I (b. h.) to touch closely, (b. h. to mince); to join, add. Part. pass. טפוף, f טפופה (cmp. טפי III) added to, liberally measured, contrad. to מחוק levelled, a. גדוש heaped. Men. 7a ט׳ לביסא tto a basin brimful, with some- thing added on top. -- Pl. טפופות. Yoma 48a.
טפף II (v. טוף 1) to foat; to drip. Pilp. טפטף 1) to drip, drop. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, beg. דם טיפטפה issued drops of blood. Y. Ter. VIII, 46a top ויורדין מטפטפין הגשמים the rain dripped into it. Sabb. 44a המטפטף שמן oil dripping from the lamp. - 2) to glisten. Y. Ber. I, 3a sq. וכ׳ מטפטפת החמה the sun glistens on the tops of the mountains.
טפף ch. same. Itthpa. איטף to be dripped. Targ. Job XV. 8 ואיטפת (some ed. אטפי, h. text תגרע, v. גרעII).
*טפף m. (טפף I) addition to city limits, suburb; pr. n. pl. efef. B. Bath. 75b גינואות ט׳ אלף. . . עתיד in the future the Loord shall add to Jerusalem one thousand times the area of Tefef for gardens; Yalk. Zech. 568 (for Var. lect., v. Rabb. D. S. to B. Bath. l. c. note 40. Comment. takes טפ״ף as numerals I69).
*טפקא m. tile; ט׳ מעשה cake baked on heated tiles. Sabb. 125a (Syr. טפקא panis tenuis in sartagine coctus, P. Sm. 1505).
טפר, טפרא, v. טופרא.
טפרי pr. n. pl. T'fari. Gen. R. s. 37, end (expl. ספר, Gen. X, 30, v. Sm. Bibl. Dict. s. v. Sephar).
טפש (b. h.) to be covered with fat; to be inaccessible, dull, obdurate, stupid (cmp. Lat. pinguis). Hithpa. הטפש to grow dull. Ber. 63b מטפשים they be- come dull; Taan. 7a; Macc. 10a.
