STRONGS NUMBER H2945

H2945. taph

טַף‎₄₂ noun masculine collective children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic Di¹²⁵¹) — טַף‎ Jeremiah 41:16 11t.; טָ֑ף‎ 40:7 5t.; suffix טַמֵּנוּ‎ Genesis 43:8 5t.; טַמְּכֶם‎ 45:19 10t.; טַמָּם‎ 34:29 6t.; never construct and never plural (in 47:24 omitted by ᵐ5‎, compare Di); — children, little ones, 34:29 (E) + 18 t. J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also Deuteronomy 1:39 8t. D (including Joshua 1:14; 8:35); P only Numbers 31:9, 17, 18, where note בַּטָּ֑ף זָכָר‎ 31:17 = young boys, and בַּנָּשִׁים הַטַף‎ 31:18 = young girls; also Judges 18:21; 21:10; 2 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 40:7; 41:16; 43:6; Ezekiel 9:6; 2 Chronicles 20:13; 31:18; Ezra 8:21; Esther 3:13; 8:11; the words וְהַטָ֑ף וְנָשִׁים מְתִים‎ Deuteronomy 2:34; 3:6 including all inhabitants; so וְהַטָּף וְהַנָּשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים‎ 31:12; Jeremiah 40:7; 43:6; טַף‎ distinguished from וּבְּתוּלָה בָּחוּר‎ Ezekiel 9:6; also from בְּנֵיהֶם‎2 Chronicles 20:13, and from וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם בְנֵיהֶם‎31:18. **Note that the word includes (or implies) women as well as children, in following: Genesis 47:12; Exodus 12:37 (E), 10:10; 10:24 (J), Numbers 32:16; 32:17 (J E; compare Di on 32:26).