tophel Summary and Overview

lime, a place in the wilderness of Sinai (Deut. 1:1), now identified with Tafyleh or Tufileh, on the west side of the Edomitish mountains.

(mortar), #De 1:1| has been identified with Tufileh on a wady of the same name running north of Bozra toward the southeast corner of the Dead Sea.

TO'PHEL (lime), a place east of the Arabah. Deut 1:1. It is identical with the Tufileh of Robinson, a large village with about six hundred houses, a little south-east of the Dead Sea. Numerous springs and rivulets and plantations of fruit trees - apples, apricots, figs, pomegranates, and olives - make the place very attractive, and it might naturally be selected as a landmark.

Tufileh, (Robinson, Bibl. Res. ii. 570), S.E. of the Dead Sea. Ninety-nine springs and rivulets flowing into the Ghor water the neighbourhood. It is surrounded by apple, apricot, fig, pomegranate, and olive trees. It is naturally chosen as a landmark (Deuteronomy 1:1).