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tifsaḥ תִּפְסַח ‘Tiphsah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from pāsaḥ פָּסַח ‘to pass / to limp’

tifsaḥ pr n loc
Tiphsah = "cross over"
1) a place at the northeast limit of Solomon's empire; located on the Euphrates river
2) a place in the northern kingdom of Israel which king Menahem attacked and where he ripped open all the pregnant women
 2a) might be the same as 1

Mentioned in 1 Kings 5:4 2 Kings 15:16

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