yaph.le.ti identifies the Japhletite in a boundary description in Joshua.

The term is attested as a masculine singular gentilic identifying the Japhletite at a point on the boundary route described in Joshua 16:3.

1. Gentilic name in a boundary description · dominant

   In Joshua 16:3, the masculine singular gentilic occurs in the clause locating the boundary at the border of the Japhletite; the APB renders the verse's route as going down to the sea and reaching Beth-horon the Lower and Gezer.

   Joshua 16:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 16:3, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the border of the Japhletite.” It confirms the boundary setting rather than supplying a fuller lexical explanation.