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nᵊṭōfā נְטֹפָה ‘Netophah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from nāṭaf נָטַף ‘to drip/prophesy’
Roots: נטף

nᵊṭōfā pr n loc
Netophah = "dropping"
1) a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

Mentioned in Ezra 2:22 Nehemiah 7:26

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