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naf-tū´him (× ×¤×ªÖ¼×—×™×, naphtuÌ„ḥı̄m; Septuagint ÎεφθαλειÌμ, NephthaleıÌm): A son of Mizraim (; ); but, according to most modern authorities, a district or a dependency of Egypt. Among the many efforts at identification the following deserve notice: Naphtuhim = (1) Nephthys (ÎεÌφθυς, NeÌphthus) in the Northeast of Egypt; (2) Na-ptah, i.e. the people of Ptah, the dwellers in the neighborhood of Memphis; (3) Nathu (according to Herodotus, Îαθῶ, NathoÌ„Ì), which occurs in Assurbanipal's Annals as the name of a part of Lower Egypt; (4) Erman (ZATW, X, 118), by the change of a letter, reads Petemhim, which signifies “The Northlandâ€; (5) Spiegelberg sees in the word an old designation of the Delta, and would therefore render the name, “the people of the Delta†(compare Johns, HDB; Skinner and Holzinger on Genesis).