Lexicon
יִפְתַּח־אֵל
yiph.tach-el
H3317
N:N--L Hebrew

(Valley of) Iphtahel

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yiph.tach-el is a proper name marking a valley reached or followed by boundary lines in Joshua.

The attested form is a proper name for a valley appearing in boundary descriptions: the border reaches it in Joshua 19:14 and later runs by it in Joshua 19:27.

Senses in use

  1. Valley named in boundary routes · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in border clauses. In Joshua 19:14 the APB renders the border's extremities as reaching “the Valley of Iphtahel”; in Joshua 19:27 it renders the route as reaching “the valley of Iphtahel” northward in a sequence of boundary locations.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “the Valley of Iphtahel” in Joshua 19:14 and “the valley of Iphtahel” in Joshua 19:27. These are translation renderings of the verse context rather than definitions.

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