H8603 H8603
Tophel (place name; location in or near the Arabah mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:1)
A geographical location mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:1 as one of the places where Moses delivered his farewell addresses. Traditionally identified with modern Tafileh, about 15 miles southeast of the Dead Sea, though this identification faces phonetic difficulties (Hebrew ת doesn't naturally correspond to Arabic ط). The Septuagint renders it Τοφολ. The name is mentioned alongside other geographical markers to situate Moses' final speeches to Israel in the wilderness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Place name designating a location in the Arabah region where Moses addressed Israel. The single reference in Deuteronomy 1:1 functions to provide geographical context for the book's setting. Modern identifications have suggested Tafileh in Jordan, though scholars debate the phonetic correspondence. Translations consistently transliterate the name (English 'Tophel,' Spanish 'Tofel,' French 'Tophel'), treating it as a fixed geographical designation rather than a word with independent semantic content. 1×
AR["توفَلَ"]·ben["তোফেল"]·DE["Tophel"]·EN["Tophel"]·FR["Tophel"]·heb["תופל"]·HI["तोफेल"]·ID["Tofel"]·IT["Tophel"]·jav["Tofèl"]·KO["토벨"]·PT["Tofel"]·RU["Тофелем"]·ES["Tofel"]·SW["Tofeli"]·TR["Tofel"]·urd["توفل"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תֹּ֫פֶל n.pr.loc. in, or near, the ʿArabah;—Dt 1:1; = mod. Ṭafîleh, 15 m. SE. of Dead Sea RobBR ii. 187 v. BurckhardtTravels 402 f., but Ṭ = ת improb. v. Di Dr; 𝔊 Τοφολ (cf. LagBN 54).