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title: תַּפּוּחַ — Tappuah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּפּוּחַ (8599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Tappuah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּפּוּחַ

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«תַּפּוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tappuah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8599 · **BDB:** תַּפּוּדַן

### Glosses

Tappuah (3); of.Tappuah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tappuah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in lowland of Judah Jos 15:34 (𝔊 Ιλουλωθ, 𝔊L Θαφφουα). on border between Ephraim and Manasseh Jos 12:17 (𝔊 Ταφουτ, A Θαφφου, 𝔊L Θαπφου), 16:8 (𝔊 Ταφου, 𝔊L Θαπφουε), 17:8(×2) (𝔊 Θαφεθ, A Θαφθωθ, 𝔊L Θαφωθ), = עֵין ת׳ v 7 (𝔊 Θαφθωθ, 𝔊L Ναφθωθ); so read also perhaps 2 K 15:16 (for MT תִּפְסַח; 𝔊L Th Kmp Kau Benz; 𝔊 Θερσα, A Θαιρα, but 𝔊L τὴν Ταφωε). On locality v. Buhl Geogr. 178.—Vid. also בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּפּוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.17/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ תַּפּ֙וּחַ֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חֵ֖פֶר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Tappuah one the.king of.Hepher one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

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[Joshua 15:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.34/)

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וְזָנ֙וֹחַ֙ וְעֵ֣ינ גַּנִּ֔ים עֵ֣ינ גַּנִּ֔ים תַּפּ֖וּחַ וְהָעֵינָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Zanoah and En Gannim Tappuah and (the) Enam

*JPS 1917:* and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;

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