Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse a child (as promotive of growth); or perhaps a denom. from 2947, from dandling on the palms
KJV Usage: span, swaddle
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָפַח (ta.phach) — to extend. 1) to extend, spread, trip, take quick little steps 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to spread out 1a2) to carry on the palms, dandle 1a3) to rear children
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · טֶפַח · טֹפַח · טַפְחָה · מִטְפַּחַת
Shape | verb pi
to spread out = causative action by which deities extend a flat object over a certain space
verb · טִפֻּחִים
Birth | verb pi
to bring forth meaning unsure; possibly: = causative action by which humans bring forth a child
1 LAM 2:22 NJPS NRSV "bore" | RSV "dandled" NIV "cared for" NJB "nursed" REB ESV "held" GNT "raised"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[טָפַח] vb. extend, spread—Pi. base