Root of the טפל ṭâphal family (2 members).

To smear, plaster, or coat with a sticky or viscous substance; in figurative contexts, to adjoin something untruly, fabricate, or falsely attribute. In prose and poetic texts, it often refers to the deceptive adornment or superficial coating of something, especially in religious or prophetic critique. The primary sense involves attaching or applying a covering, but the verb extends metaphorically to fabricating or falsely constructing narratives, claims, or appearances.