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NAPHTUHIM.—Fourth son of Mizraim (Gen_10:13, 1Ch_1:11). Many suggestions have been made to account for the name, which does not appear exactly in Egyptian or Assyrian inscriptions, but in Ashurhanipal’s Annals (col. 1. 94, 99) a district Nathu, probably in Lower Egypt, occurs, which may be the same. An Egyptian n-idhw, ‘the marshes,’ used in contrast to Pathros, may be intended; but the discovery of Caphtor, so long a puzzle, may warn us to wait for further evidence.
C. H. W. Johns.