Tappuah
Tappuah (or En-tappuah), a Canaanite city on the border between Ephraim and Manasseh, allotted to Manasseh but with land belonging to Ephraim.
The name Tappuah means “apple; swelling”
PlaceOld Testament1 book4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 12:17; referred to as Tappuah (תַּפּוּחַ) or En-tappuah (עֵין תַּפּוּחַ).
Location
- Identified as
- Tell Abu Zarad
- Certainty
- Likely (69% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.104° N, 35.230° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֵין תַּפּוּחַEn-tappuahmeans “fountain of an apple, or of inflation”
- תַּפּוּחַTappuah
Mentions
- Joshua 12:17תַּפּוּחַ · Tappuah…the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
- Joshua 16:8תַּפּוּחַ · TappuahFrom Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
- Joshua 17:7עֵין תַּפּוּחַ · En-tappuahNow the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
- Joshua 17:8תַּפּוּחַ · TappuahThe region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.