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neftōaḥ נֶפְתּוֹחַ ‘Nephtoah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from pātaḥ פָּתַח ‘to open / to engrave’
Roots: פתח

neftōaḥ pr n loc
Nephtoah = "opening"
1) a spring or source of water on the boundary of the territories of Judah and Benjamin; located northwest of Jerusalem

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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