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Strong's #8599 - תַּפּוּחַ
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- Tappuah = "the apple city"
- n pr m
- a Judaite of the family of Caleb, son of Hebron
- n pr loc
- a town in the lowland of Judah
- a town on the border in Ephraim
- a territory within the boundaries of Manasseh
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III. תַּמּוּחַ proper name, of a location 1. in lowland of Judah Joshua 12:17 (ᵐ5 Ταφουτ, A Θαφφου, ᵐ5 L Θαπφου), Joshua 15:34 (ᵐ5 Ιλουλωθ, ᵐ5 L Θαφφουα).
2 on border between Ephraim and Manasseh Joshua 16:8 (ᵐ5 Ταφου, ᵐ5 L Θαπφουε), Joshua 17:8 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Θαφεθ, A Θαφθωθ, ᵐ5 L Θαφωθ), = ׳עֵין ת Joshua 17:7 (ᵐ5 Θαφθωθ, ᵐ5 L Ναφθωθ); so read also perhaps 2 Kings 15:16 (for ᵑ0תִּפְסַח; ᵐ5 L Th Kmp Kau Benz; ᵐ5 Θερσα, A Θαιρα, but ᵐ5 L τὴν Ταφωε). On locality see Buhl Geogr. 178. — See also בֵּית תַּמּוּחַ.
תַּפּוּחַ m.
(1) an apple (so called from its scent; root נָפַח compare Song of Solomon 7:9), Proverbs 25:11 also an apple tree, Song of Solomon 2:3, 8:5. (Arab. تُفَّاحُ an apple, not only a common one, but also the lemon, citron, etc.)
(2) [Tappuah], pr.n. (“a place fruitful in apples”).
(a) of a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 12:17, 15:34.
(b) on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joshua 16:8.
(c) m. 1 Chronicles 2:43.
