Lexical Definition

‎תִּפְסַח‎ Tiphçach (tif-sakh') Tiphsah ^N:N--L
from ‎פָּסַח‎; ford

Tipsah.

• § Tiphsah = "cross over"
• Tiphsach, a place in Mesopotamia

1) a place at the northeast limit of Solomon's empire; located on the Euphrates river
2) a place in the northern kingdom of Israel which king Menahem attacked and where he ripped open all the pregnant women
2a) might be the same as 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּפְסַח‎ proper name, of a location on Euphrates (probablyford (though Lag^{BN 131 doubts}); Lewy^{Fremdw. 146} compare Αάμψακος (on Bosphorus), explanation as ‎לַפֶּסַח‎); — 1Kgs 5:4*, northeast limit of Solomon's dominion; = Gk Θάψακος Xen^{Anab. i. 4 etc}.; identification with Kal' at Dibse, at the great easterly bend of the river, approximately Latitude 35° 55' north, Longitude 38° 20' east, JPPeters^{Nation, May 23, 1889: Nippur i.96 ff}.

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