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Commentary for Joshua 17:8

לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה הָיְתָ֖ה אֶ֣רֶץ תַּפּ֑וּחַ וְתַפּ֛וּחַ אֶל־גְּב֥וּל מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.—

Rashi on Joshua

The land of Tapuach. The villages and the towns [belonged to Menashe], but the city of Tapuach itself belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.
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Rashi on Joshua

On Menashe’s boundary. It was located on the border of Menashe, toward the end of his boundary.
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