טָפֵל m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) attachment, of secondary import, opp. עיקר. Gen. R. s. 39 ולוט ט׳ לו (Var. נטפל) and Lot was merely an attachment to Abraham. Ber. 12ᵇ ויציאת … ט׳ לו and the exodus from Egypt will be considered of secondary import to it (the redemption from the powers). Ib. 13ᵃ ויעקב ט׳ the name Jacob will be secondary to Israel; a. fr. —2) pl. טְפֵלִים, טְפֵלִין dependants, children, minors. Kidd. 34ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 12) ט׳ חייבין minors are obliged to appear; v. טַף. B. Bath. 117ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Shebi. VII, beg. 37ᵇ תְּפֵילִין, v. אֲלוּנְטִית II.—V. טְפֵלָה.