Lexical Definition

‎תֹּפֶל‎ Tôphel (to'-fel) Tophel ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎תָּפֵל‎; quagmire

Tophel.

• § Tophel = "white"
• Tophel, a place near the Desert

1) a place southeast of the Dead Sea and in or near the 'Arabah'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֹּ֫פֶל‎ proper name, of a location in, or near, the 'Arabah; — Deut 1:1 = modern ˆafîleh, 15 miles southeast of Dead Sea Rob^{BR ii. 187} see Burckhardt^{Travels 402 f.}, but ˆ = ‎ת‎ improbable V. Di Dr; ᵐ5 Τοφολ (compare Lag^BN54). ‎תְּפִלָּה‎ see [‎פלל‎]. [‎תִּפְלֶ֫צֶת‎] see [‎פלץ‎]. ‎תִּפְסַח‎ see I. ‎פסח‎.

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Tophel • A place near where Moses addressed the Israelites

Tophel, a location mentioned in Moses' speech to the Israelites, possibly near modern-day et-Tafeleh, southeast of the Dead Sea (Deut. 1:1).

• A location only mentioned at Deu.1.1;
• only referred to as Tophel תֹּפֶל.
  

Tophel is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Deuteronomy 1:1, as one of the places near where Moses delivered his final address to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land. The exact location of Tophel is uncertain, but it is described as being in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. Some scholars suggest that Tophel may be identified with modern-day et-Tafeleh, a village located about 15 miles southeast of the Dead Sea, on the caravan route between Petra and Kerak. However, this identification is not conclusive. The mention of Tophel in the context of Moses' speech serves to provide a geographical reference point for the location of the Israelite camp at the time of the address.

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