Note 19 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 3)
Reading edition
The term תפלין reminds us of תפלה “prayer,” and denotes things used during prayer. Originally it had probably the more general signification: ornament or head-ornament; in the Chaldee Version it is the translation of טטפות, which denotes “head-ornament.” (Comp. Mishnah Shabbath vi. 1.) ↑