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title: נֶפֶת — height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶפֶת (5316), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: height. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶפֶת

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«נֶפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **height** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5316 · **BDB:** נֶ֫פֶת

### Glosses

Napheth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5316/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5316/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.,—only הַנָּ֑פֶת Jos 17:11 (but read perhaps הַנָּפֹת, from foregoing, v. Di; 𝔊 Μαφετα, A Ναφεθα, 𝔊L Νοφεθ, cf. 12:23 \[supr. sub ii נָפָה\], 𝔊L Ναφαθδωρ).—נֹפֶת honey, v. נפת.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5316/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.11/)

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וַיְהִ֨י לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר וּבְאָשֵׁ֗ר בֵּית־שְׁאָ֣ןבֵּית־שְׁאָ֣ן וּ֠בְנוֹתֶיהָ וְיִבְלְעָ֨ם וּבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָ וְֽאֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֧י דֹ֣אר וּבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י עֵֽינ־דֹּר֙עֵֽינ־דֹּר֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י תַעְנַךְ֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י מְגִדּ֖וֹ וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַנָּֽפֶת׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shan and daughters its and Ibleam and daughters its and (et) the.inhabitants of.Dor and daughters its and the.inhabitants of Endor and daughters its and the.inhabitants of.Taanach and daughters its and the.inhabitants of.Megiddo and daughters its the.three of.(the) Napheth

*JPS 1917:* And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three regions.

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