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Tahpanhes: an Egyptian border city in the eastern Nile Delta where Judean refugees fled after the destruction of Jerusalem.
The name of an Egyptian frontier city, identified with ancient Daphne (modern Tell Defenneh), situated in the eastern Nile Delta about eighteen miles southeast of Tanis. Tahpanhes appears almost exclusively in Jeremiah's prophecies as a destination of Judean refugees who fled to Egypt against prophetic warning after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Jeremiah himself was taken there (Jer 43:7-9) and prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar would set his throne at its very gates (Jer 43:8-13). The city also appears in Jeremiah 2:16, where its inhabitants are said to have 'shaved the crown of your head,' and in Ezekiel 30:18, which prophesies its darkening under divine judgment.
Senses
1. Tahpanhes (Egyptian city) — The proper noun Tahpanhes (תַּחְפַּנְחֵס), also spelled Tehaphnehes (תְּחַפְנְחֵס in Ezek 30:18), designating an Egyptian border fortress in the northeastern Delta, corresponding to Greek Daphnae. The city served as a military garrison and entry point into Egypt. Jeremiah 2:16 pairs it with Memphis (Noph) as representative of Egyptian power that would harm Israel. After Jerusalem's fall, fleeing Judeans settled there despite Jeremiah's protests (Jer 43:7), and the prophet performed a symbolic act of burying stones at its entrance to signify Nebuchadnezzar's coming conquest (Jer 43:8-9). Ezekiel 30:18 prophesies that the 'day will be dark at Tahpanhes' when God breaks Egypt's yoke. Translations vary in spelling—English 'Tahpanhes/Tachpanhes,' Spanish 'Tajpanjés,' French 'Tachpanès'—but all identify it as the same Egyptian locale. 8×
AR["[وَ-تَحْفَنْحِيسَ]", "تَحْفَنْحِيسَ", "فِي-تَحْفَنْحِيسَ", "وَ-تَحْفَنْحِيسَ", "وَفِي-تَحْفَنْحِيسَ"]·ben["আর-তহপনহেসে", "এবং-তহপনহেসে", "এবং-তহপন্হেসে", "এবং-তহপন্হেসের", "তহপন্হেসে"]·DE["[(ותחפנחס)]", "[[ותחפנס]]", "[בתחפנחס]", "[ובתחפנחס]", "[תחפנחס]"]·EN["(and-Tachpanches)", "Tachpancheis", "[and-Tachpanhes]", "and-in-Tachpancheis", "and-in-Tehaphnehes", "in-Tachpancheis"]·FR["Tachpanès", "et-Tahpanès", "et-dans-Tachpanès", "à-Tachpanès"]·heb["[ותחפנס]", "ב-תחפנחס", "ו-ב-תחפנחס", "ו-תחפנחס", "תחפנחס"]·HI["[केतीब]", "और-तखपन्हेस-के", "और-में-तखपनहेस", "और-में-तहपन्हेस", "तखपनहेस", "में-तखपनहेस"]·ID["Dan-di-Tahpanhes", "Tahpanhes", "[dan-Tahpanhes]", "dan-Tahpanhes", "dan-di-Tahpanhes", "di-Tahpanhes"]·IT["Tanis", "[ובתחפנחס]", "e-Tanis"]·jav["Lan-ing-Tahpanhès", "Takpanès", "[K]", "ing-Takpanès", "lan-Tahpanhès", "lan-ing-Tahpanhès", "lan-ing-Takpanès"]·KO["(그리고-답팁헤스-의)", "[그리고-답팁헤스]", "그리고-다후네스에", "그리고-다후네스에서", "그리고-듔하파네스에서", "다후네스", "다후네스에서"]·PT["E-em-Techaphnechés", "Tachpanches", "[Q]", "e-Tachpanches", "e-em-Tachpanches", "em-Tachpanches"]·RU["(и-Тахпанхеса)", "[и-Тахпанхеса]", "Тахпанхеса", "в-Тахпанхесе", "и-в-Тахпанхесе"]·ES["Tajpanjés", "Y-en-Tahpanhes", "[y-Tajpanjes]", "en-Tajpanjés", "y-Tajpanjes", "y-en-Tajpanjés"]·SW["Na-katika-Tehafnehesi", "Tahpanesi", "[ketiv]", "na-Tahpanesi", "na-Tahpanhesi"]·TR["Tahpanhes'e", "Tahpanhes'te", "[ketiv]", "ve-Tahpanhes'in", "ve-Tahpanhes'te", "ve-de-Tahpanhes", "ve-de-Tahpanhes'te"]·urd["اور-بَ-تحفنحیس", "اور-تحفنحیس-کے", "اور-تخفنحیس-میں", "تحفنحیس", "تحفنحیس-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תַּחְפַּנְחֵס n.pr.loc. Egyptian city Je 43:7, 8, 9; 44:1; 46:14, so Je 2:16 Qr (Kt תחפנס); = תְּחַפְנְחֵס Ez 30:18; Ταφνα(ι)ς [Ταφναι]; identif. with Gk. Daphnae, mod. Tel Defenneh, c. 18 m. ESE. from Tanis, c. 9 m. W. of El-Ḳanṭara, BädEgypt, 5th ed. (1902), 169 Petrie Defenneh (Tanis II), 1888.