תוף

Hebrew

Root
ת־פ־ף (t-p-p)

Gesenius connects this word to Persian (daf, “a frame drum”), from 𒁾 (dub, “frame, tablet”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔 (tp).

תוף / תֹּף • (tof) m (plural indefinite תופים / תֻּפִּים, plural construct תופי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

(music) drum
(music) timbrel
- Tanach, Exodus 15:20, with translation of the King James Version:
  […] וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחֹות אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת […]
  […] vatikákh Miryam han'víyah akhót aharón et-hatóf b'yadáh vatetsená kal-hanaším akharéyah b'tufím uvimokhlót […]
  […] And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. […]