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title: תַּחְפַּנְחֵס — Tahapanes · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחְפַּנְחֵס (8471), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Tahapanes. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחְפַּנְחֵס

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«תַּחְפַּנְחֵס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tahapanes** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8471 · **BDB:** תַּחְפַּנְחֵס

### Glosses

Tahpanhes (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tahapanes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8471/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8471/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Egyptian city Je 43:7, 8, 9; 44:1; 46:14, so Je 2:16 Qr (Kt תחפנס); = תְּחַפְנְחֵס Ez 30:18; Ταφνα(ι)ς \[Ταφναι\]; identif. with Gk. Daphnae, mod. Tel Defenneh, c. 18 m. ESE. from Tanis, c. 9 m. W. of El-Ḳanṭara, BädEgypt, 5th ed. (1902), 169 Petrie Defenneh (Tanis II), 1888.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «תַּחְפַּנְחֵס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8471/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.16/)

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גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹ֖ף וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס יִרְע֖וּךְ קָדְקֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* also the.people of.Memphis and Tahpanhes they will.graze.you crown.of.head

*JPS 1917:* The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed upon the crown of thy head.

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[Jeremiah 43:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.43.8/)

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וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֖ס לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.came the.word of.Yahweh to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

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