Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely
KJV Usage: forge(-r), sew up
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָפַל (ta.phal) — to smear. (Qal) to smear, plaster over, stick, glue
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תָּפֵל
Cover | verb qal
to whitewash, to smear = to cover a surface with whitewash ► to make it white and cover ugly rough surfaces; ≈ often associated with efforts to make something appear different from what it actually is
JOB 13:4 · JOB 13:4 · PSA 119:69 · PSA 119:69
Innocent
to cover > to forgive = action by which someone's evil deeds are covered, which means that they are forgiven
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[טָפַל] vb. smear or plaster (over), stick, glue base