Encyclopedia of The Bible – Tophel
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Tophel

TOPHEL tō’ fəl (תֹּ֛פֶל; LXX Τοφολ). Mentioned only in the opening words of Deuteronomy (1:1), locating, among associated localities, the place of Moses’ speech. The place has been identified as Tafile, a village fifteen m. SE of the Dead Sea, in a fertile valley on the road from Kerak to Petra. Otherwise nothing is known of the place.