Tappuah
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Tappuah is a Biblical name with several meanings:
  • Taffuh
    Taffuh
    Taffuh is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank...

    , formerly (Beth-)Tappuah, was a town on the West Bank
    West Bank
    The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

     4 miles west of Hebron
    Hebron
    Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...

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  • Entappuah was mentioned in the Book of Joshua
    Book of Joshua
    The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament. Its 24 chapters tell of the entry of the Israelites into Canaan, their conquest and division of the land under the leadership of Joshua, and of serving God in the land....

     and is probably a spring near Yassuf.
  • Tappuah was a town bordering Ephraim
    Tribe of Ephraim
    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim was one of the Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh together with Ephraim also formed the House of Joseph....

     and conquered by Manasseh
    Tribe of Manasseh
    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh was one of the Tribes of Israel. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh also formed the House of Joseph....

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  • "Tappuah" is the Hebrew word for "apple
    Apple
    The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

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