Lexical Definition

‎תַּפּוּחַ‎ Tappûwach (tap-poo'-akh) Tappuah ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎תַּפּוּחַ‎

Tappuah.

• § Tappuah = "the apple city"
• Tappuach, the name of two places in Palestine, also of an Israelite

n pr m
1) a Judaite of the family of Caleb, son of Hebron
n pr loc
2) a town in the lowland of Judah
3) a town on the border in Ephraim
4) a territory within the boundaries of Manasseh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎תַּפֻּחַ‎ proper name, masculine son of Hebron, according to 1Chr 2:43 ᵐ5 Θαπους, A Θαφφου, ᵐ5^L Φεθρουθ.

III. ‎תַּפּוּחַ‎

proper name, of a location 1. in lowland of Judah Josh 12:17 (ᵐ5 Ταφουτ, A Θαφφου, ᵐ5^L Θαπφου), Josh 15:34 (ᵐ5 Ιλουλωθ, ᵐ5^L Θαφφουα).

2. on border between Ephraim and Manasseh Josh 16:8 (ᵐ5 Ταφου, ᵐ5^L Θαπφουε), Josh 17:8 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Θαφεθ, A Θαφθωθ, ᵐ5^L Θαφωθ), = ‎׳‎‎עֵין ת‎ vJosh 17:7 (ᵐ5 Θαφθωθ, ᵐ5^L Ναφθωθ); so read also perhaps 2Kgs 15:16 (for ᵑ0 ‎תִּפְסַח‎; ᵐ5^L Th Kmp^Kau Benz; ᵐ5 Θερσα, A Θαιρα, but ᵐ5^L τὴν Ταφωε). On locality see Buhl^{Geogr. 178}. — See also ‎בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ‎.

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