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if´ta-el (יפתּח־×ל, yiphtahÌ£-'eÌ„l; the King James Version Jiphtah-el): The valley of Iphtah-el lay on the North border of Zebulun (, ). Northwest of the plain of el-Battauf stands a steep hill, connected only by a low saddle with the hills on the North. The name Tell JeÌ„faÌ„t suggests the Jotapata of Josephus (BJ, III, vi, 1; vii, 1, etc.), and the place answers well to his description. It probably corresponds to the ancient Iphtah-el. In that case the valley is most probably that which begins at Tell JeÌ„faÌ„t, passes round the South of Jebel Kaukab, and, as WaÌ„dy 'Abellı̄n, opens on the plain of Acre.