Tahpanhes
tach.pan.ches is a proper place name used for a location in Egypt, including a destination, residence, palace site, and proclaimed city.
The attested forms function consistently as a proper place name in Egypt: people arrive there, Jeremiah receives a word there, a palace entrance is located there, Jews dwell there, and it is named in proclamations and judgment scenes.
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An Egyptian place named in narrative and proclamation · dominant
All occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same place within Egyptian settings. In Jeremiah 43:7 the APB renders that people "arrived at Tahpanhes"; Jeremiah 43:8 places the word to Jeremiah there, Jeremiah 43:9 locates Pharaoh's palace there, and Jeremiah 44:1 names it among places where Jews were dwelling. Ezekiel 30:18 and Jeremiah 46:14 likewise name it in scenes of darkness, captivity, and public proclamation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as "Tahpanhes" across the supplied verses, in location phrases such as "at Tahpanhes" and "in Tahpanhes." These renderings are treated as the verse-level presentation of the proper name.