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of´nı̄ (×”×¢×¤× ×™, haÌ„-‛ophnı̄; ἈφνηÌ, AphneÌ„Ì): A place in the territory of Benjamin (). The modern Jifneh, in a fine vale West of the road to NaÌ„blus and 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bethel, might suit as to position; but the change in the initial letter from ‛ain to jı̄m is not easy. This is the Gophna of the rabbis (compare Josephus, Jewish Wars, III, iii, 5).