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Taphath meaning

Taphath in Biblical Hebrew
טפת
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🔼The name Taphath: Summary

Meaning
A Dripping
Etymology
From the verb נטף (natap), to drop or drip.
Related names
• Via נטף (natap): Netophah

🔼The name Taphath in the Bible

The name Taphath occurs just one time in the Bible. Taphath is the daughter of king Solomon of Israel, and the wife of Ben-abinadab, who is one of twelve deputies of Solomon and stationed in Dor (1 Kings 4:11).

🔼Etymology of the name Taphath

The name Taphath comes from the verb נטף (natap), meaning to drop, drip or distil:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
נטף

The verb נטף (natap) means to drop, drip or distil. Noun נטף (natap) means drop and was also the name of a odoriferous gum. Noun נטיפה (netipa) refers to a sort of drop shaped jewelry.

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The name Taphath appears to be a so-called infinitive construct, in which the letter nun is assimilated and a teth added. It literally means A Dripping.

🔼Taphath meaning

For a meaning of the name Taphath, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads A Drop. Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) seems to be taken by the many poetic uses of this verb in the works of Solomon and reads the over-specific Drop Of Myrrh. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate this name.