e´lef (×”×לף, haÌ„-'eleph, “the oxâ€): A place in the lot of Benjamin not far from Jerusalem (). The name is omitted by Septuagint, unless, indeed, it is combined with that of Zelah. It may be identical with Lifta, a village W. of Jerusalem (Conder, HDB, under the word). Others identify Lifta with Nephtoah.