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JIPHTHAH, EL, VALLEY OF
        A ravine (rather than valley; gee , not nachal ), bounding Zebulun and Asher (Joshua 19:14,27). The city Jotapata which resisted Vespasian (Josephus B.J. 3:7). Now Jefat, in the Galilee mountains, half way between Acre and the lake of Gennesareth; stands at the head of the valley, now the great wady Abilin, which stretches W. to the Mediterranean coast plain. It means "God's opening," i.e. an important one. Ethphaneh, a kindred name, stands at the opening to the fruitful plain of Acre.
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Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'jiphthah, el, valley of' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.

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