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title: נֶפְתּוֹחַ — Neptoah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶפְתּוֹחַ (5318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Neptoah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶפְתּוֹחַ

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«נֶפְתּוֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Neptoah** — 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:** 5318 · **BDB:** נֶפְתּוֹחַ²

### Glosses

of.Nephtoah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Neptoah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5318/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5318/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Μαφθω, Ναφθω, in מֵי נ׳ Jos 15:9; 18:15 (P), on border of Judah and Benj.; usually identif. with spring Liftâ, near Jerus. to the NW., v. BuhlGeogr. 101. נַפְתֻּחִים v. p. 661.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶפְתּוֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.15/)

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וּפְאַת־נֶ֕גְבָּה מִקְצֵ֖ה קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבוּל֙ יָ֔מָּה וְיָצָ֕א אֶל־מַעְיַ֖ן מֵ֥י נֶפְתּֽוֹחַ׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] side south of.(to).\[the\] \[is\].from the.end of Kiriath.Jearim and it.goes.out the border westward and it.goes.out to the.spring of.the.waters of.Nephtoah

*JPS 1917:* And the south side was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

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[Joshua 15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.9/)

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וְתָאַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל מֵרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֗ר אֶל־מַעְיַן֙ מֵ֣י נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ וְיָצָ֖א אֶל־עָרֵ֣י הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן וְתָאַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ בַּעֲלָ֔ה הִ֖יא קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns the border from the.top of the.mountain to the.spring of.the.waters of.Nephtoah and it.goes.out to the.cities of.the.mountain of.Ephron and it.turns the border Baalah that \[is\].Kiriath Jearim

*JPS 1917:* And the border was drawn from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah — the same is Kiriath-jearim.

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