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טוֹטְפָה‏ n.f. phylactery

head or arm ornament JLAtg. TgJ 2Sam1:10 : וֻנסֵיבִית כְלִילָא דְעַל רֵישֵיה וְטוֹטַפתָא דְעַל דְרָעוֹהִי‏ . TgJ Ez24:23 : וְטוֹטְפָתְכוֹן בְרֵישֵיכוֹן‏ .

phylactery, i.e., an ornament distinctive of Jewish ritual JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA. TgEsth² 8:15(3) : טוטפן דמקבעי׳ בדהבא‏ phylacteries embedded with gold (and containing the name of God) †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 496b; Jastrow: 523; Levy Ch-W: 1:299;

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