- Original: תּפף - Transliteration: Taphaph - Phonetic: taw-faf' - Definition: 1. to play or sound the timbrel, beat, play upon, drum (on a timbrel or other object) a. (Qal) playing (participle) b. (Poel) beating (participle) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2536 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to drum that is play (as) on the tambourine: - taber play with timbrels. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • taboring, 1 Nahum 2:7 • timbrels, 1 Psalm 68:25