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title: נַפְתֻּחִים — Naptuhim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַפְתֻּחִים (5320), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Naptuhim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַפְתֻּחִים

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«נַפְתֻּחִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naptuhim** — 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:** 5320 · **BDB:** נַפְתֻּחִים

### Glosses

\[the\].Naphtuhites (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naptuhim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5320/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5320/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Gn 10:13 = 1 Ch 1:11 (𝔊 Νεφθαλ(ι)ειμ, but 𝔊L in Ch Νεφθωσειμ); = pʾtʾmḥï, the northern land, i.e. Lower Egypt, according to Brugsch Hierogl. WB. Suppl. 633, and especially Erman ZAW x (1890), 118, 119 reading פתמחים. Other conj. v. Di Gn.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַפְתֻּחִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5320/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.13/)

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וּמִצְרַ֡יִם יָלַ֞ד אֶת־לוּדִ֧ים וְאֶת־עֲנָמִ֛ים וְאֶת־לְהָבִ֖ים וְאֶת־נַפְתֻּחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Mizraim he.fathered (et) \[the\].Ludites and (et) \[the\].Anamites and (et) \[the\].Lehabites and (et) \[the\].Naphtuhites

*JPS 1917:* And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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[1 Chronicles 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.11/)

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וּמִצְרַ֡יִם יָלַ֞ד אֶת־לוּדִ֧ים וְאֶת־עֲנָמִ֛ים וְאֶת־לְהָבִ֖ים וְאֶת־נַפְתֻּחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Mizraim he.fathered (et) \[the\].Ludites and (et) \[the\].Anamites and (et) \[the\].Lehabites and (et) \[the\].Naphtuhites

*JPS 1917:* And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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