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Hapharaim
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Hapharaim: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a town of Issachar 15 km SW of Lake Galilee (SMM)
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Hapharaim (32° 36´, 35° 17´)
Hebrew
Strongs #02663: Myrpx Chapharayim
Hapharaim = "two pits"1) a place in Issachar
2663 Chapharayim khaf-aw-rah'-yim
dual of 2660; double pit; Chapharajim, a place inPalestine:-Haphraim.
see HEBREW for 02660
Hapharaim [NAVE]
HAPHARAIM, a city of Issachar, Josh. 19:19.HAPHARAIM [ISBE]
HAPHARAIM - haf-a'-ra'-im (chapharayim; the King James Version Haphraim, haf-ra'im, possibly "place of a moat"): A town in the territory of Issachar, named with Shunem and Anaharath (Josh 19:19). Eusebius, Onomasticon identifies it with "Affarea," and places it 6 miles North of Legio-Megiddo. This position corresponds with that of the modern el-Ferriyeh, an ancient site with remarkable tombs Northwest of el-Lejjun.