טָפַשׁ

טָפַשׁ verb be gross (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el grow stupid, and derivatives; Aramaic טְפֵשׁ, for Hebrew שׁמן Isa 6:11, Ithpe`el be stupid; compare Assyrian ‰apâšu, be abundant, large, Guy^{JAS 1883, Août-Sept. 189}) — metaphor טָפַשׁ כַּחֵלֶב לִבָּ֑ם Ps 119:70 their heart is gross, like fat.

רֻטֲפַשׁ verb quadriliteral intransitive grow fresh (Ges^{«GKC:56»§ 56}; si vera lectio, transposed טרפשׁ [expanded from טָפַשׁ be wide, loose, delicate, compare especially Assyrian tapâšu, be fat, Zim^{BP 99 A} Frä^{ZA iii. 55}], compare Talmud טַרְפְּשָׁא fatty membrane, Syriac PS¹⁵²⁷ thin flesh; Arabic be convalescent; but ׳ר perhaps not original); — Perfect passive רֻטֲפַשׁ בְּשָׂרוֺ מִנֹּעַר Job 33:25 his flesh hath grown fresher than, etc.; read perhaps טפשׁ Altschüller^{ZAW vi (1886), 212}, יטפשׁ Bi Bu compare Du.