טוֹטָפֶת f. (b. h. in pl.; = טפטפ׳, v. טִיפְטֵף 2) [something glistening,] beads used as charms, ornament worn on the forehead, frontlet. Sabb. VI, 1, expl. ib. 57ᵇ, v. חוּמַרְתָּא a. אֲפוּזְיָינֵי; Y. ib. VI, 7ᵈ דבר שהוא נותן במקום הט׳ (read נָתוּן) something which is put on by women in the place of the totafoth (by men, v. infra).—Pl. טוֹטָפוֹת. Tosef. ib. IV (V), 6.—Esp. pl. טוֹטָפוֹת phylacteries, (corresp. to אות, Deut. VI, 8, a. e.) slips of parchment containing inscriptions and put in the casings of the T’fillin (v. תְּפִלִּין). Mekh. Bo. s. 17 מה בראש ארבע ט׳ אף ביד ארבע ט׳ as the T’fillin on the head contain four inscriptions, so those on the hand. Snh. XI, 3 (88ᵇ); a. e.