Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

TAPPUAH (Place)

1. One of 14 cities located in the Shephelah assigned to Judah’s tribe for an inheritance, mentioned between En-gannim and Enam (Jos 15:34). This locality is not to be mistaken for the land of Tappuah in Manasseh (17:8) or the town of Beth-tappuah at Hebron (15:53). See Beth-tappuah.

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:34

OET-RV JOS 15:34

34 Zanoah, Eyn -Ganim, Tapuah, Eynam,

OET-LV JOS 15:34

34 And_Zānōaḩ and_ ˊĒyn- gannim Tapūaḩ and_(the)_Enam.

Show passage in OET: JOS 17:8

OET-RV JOS 17:8

8 (The Tapuah land was for Menasheh, but Tapuah town was for Efrayim (Ephraim).)

OET-LV JOS 17:8

8 To_Mənashsheh the _land _of Tapūaḩ it _belonged and_Tapūaḩ to the _border _of Mənashsheh belonged_to_the _descendants _of ʼEfrayim.

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:53

OET-RV JOS 15:53

53 Yanum, Beyt -Tapuah, Afekah,

OET-LV JOS 15:53

53 And and_Bēyt- tappuah and_ʼAfēqah.

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2. City situated in the hill country of Palestine defining part of the northern boundary of the territory allotted to Ephraim’s tribe for an inheritance. From Tappuah the northern border ran westward to Kanah Brook, then followed its course to the Mediterranean Sea (Jos 16:8). The land of Tappuah was a district within the territory given to the tribe of Manasseh; however, the city of Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites (17:8).

Show passage in OET: JOS 16:8

OET-RV JOS 16:8

8 The northern border went from Tapuah to the Kanah riverbed and then out to the Mediterranean. That was the inheritance of Efrayim’s descendants according to their clans,

OET-LV JOS 16:8

8 From_Tapūaḩ the_border it _goes westward_to the _wadi _of Kanah and_ extremities _of_its _they _will _be to_the_sea this was_the _inheritance _of the _tribe _of the _descendants _of ʼEfrayim to_their_clans.

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