- Original: תּפל - Transliteration: Taphel - Phonetic: taw-fale' - Definition: adj 1. foolish, insipid 2. (BDB) tasteless, unseasoned n m 3. whitewash a. meaning uncertain - Origin: from an unused root meaning to smear - TWOT entry: 2534a,2535a - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to smear; plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity: - foolish things unsavoury untempered. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • things, 1 Lamentations 2:14 • unsavory, 1 Job 6:6 • untempered, 5 Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 13:15; Ezekiel 22:28