Nephtoah

Meaning: opened

a fountain and a stream issuing from it on the border between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:8, 9; 18:15)

It has been identified with 'Ain Lifta, a spring about 2 1/2 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Others, however, have identified it with 'Ain' Atan, on the southwest of Bethlehem, whence water is conveyed through "Pilate's aqueduct" to the Haram area at Jerusalem.