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title: נְטֹפָה — Netophah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְטֹפָה (5199), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Netophah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְטֹפָה

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«נְטֹפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Netophah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5199 · **BDB:** נְטֹפָה

### Glosses

Netophah (1); of.Netophah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Netophah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5199/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5199/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Judah (dropping, dripping, cf. LewySem. Fremdwörter 40);—Ezr 2:22 = Ne 7:26; 𝔊 Νετωφα, 𝔊L Νετωφατι (as adj. gent. Ne 12:28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְטֹפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5199/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.22/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְטֹפָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* the.men of.Netophah fifty and six

*JPS 1917:* The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

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[Nehemiah 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.26/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־לֶ֙חֶם֙בֵֽית־לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְטֹפָ֔ה מֵאָ֖ה שְׁמֹנִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.men of Bethlehem and Netophah one.hundred eighty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.

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