Nephtoah or Nephtoah
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Nephtoah or Nephtoah

(opening), The water of. The spring or source of the water or (inaccurately) waters of Nephtoah was one of the landmarks in the boundary line which separated Judah from Benjamin. (Joshua 15:9; 18:15) It lay northwest of Jerusalem in which direction, it seems to have been satisfactorily identified in Ain Lifta , a spring situated a little distance above the village of the same name.

Strong's Hebrew
5318. Nephtoach -- a place on the border of Judah and Benjamin
... Nephtoach. 5319 . a place on the border of Judah and Benjamin. Transliteration:
Nephtoach Phonetic Spelling: (nef-to'-akh) Short Definition: Nephtoah. ...
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Concerning the Gates and Chambers Lying on the South Side of the ...
... the court three and twenty cubits."""And I think (saith the author of the Gloss),
that the fountain Etam was the same with the waters of Nephtoah, of which ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 31 concerning the gates.htm

On the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead; He Ascended into ...
... To our right is the pleasant spot that marks the ancient Nephtoah, [6272] on
the border of Judah, now occupied by the village of Lifta. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xvii on the third.htm

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