Strong's Definition
from 2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
KJV Usage: (little) children (ones), families
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טַף (taph) — child. children, little children, little ones
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · טפף
Relatives | Classes | ≈ אִישׁ · אִשָּׁה · בְּהֵמָה · בָּחוּר · בָּקָר · בְּתוּלָה · גֵּר · זָקֵן · חַיִל · מִקְנֵה · מְתִם · חֲמֹור · כְּבוּדָה · צֹאן · רֹאשׁ · שֹׁוטֵר
young child, little one = children dependent on their mothers for care; ≈ in this sense usually occurring in a variant of the expression טַף וְנָשִׁים "children and women", often with possessives, indicating their belonging to families headed by an adult male; ≈ associated with vulnerability and lack of strength
GEN 34:29 · GEN 45:19 · GEN 46:5 · GEN 50:8 · NUM 14:3 · NUM 16:27 · NUM 31:9 · NUM 31:17 · NUM 31:18 · DEU 2:34 · DEU 3:6 · DEU 3:19 · DEU 20:14 · DEU 29:10 · DEU 31:12 · JOS 1:14 · JOS 8:35 · JDG 18:21 · JDG 21:10 · 2CH 20:13 · EST 3:13 · EST 8:11 · JER 40:7 · JER 41:16 · JER 43:6 · EZK 9:6
Relatives | ≈ בְּהֵמָה · מִקְנֵה · צֹאן · רְכוּשׁ
dependants, women and children (and the elderly), family = dependents of a household, especially women and pre-adolescent children; it could include older people that are physically impaired
GEN 43:8 · GEN 47:12 · GEN 47:24 · GEN 50:21 · EXO 10:10 · EXO 10:24 · EXO 12:37 · NUM 14:31 · NUM 32:16 · NUM 32:17 · NUM 32:24 · NUM 32:26 · DEU 1:39 · 2SA 15:22 · 2CH 31:18 · EZR 8:21
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
טַף 42 n.m. coll. children (as going with quick, tripping steps) base