The meaning of “יַהַץ”
Understanding Yahats reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or יַהְצָה Yahtsâh (yah'-tsaw); or (feminine) יַהְצָה Yahtsâh (yah-tsaw'); from an unused root meaning to stamp; perhaps...
יַהַץ
or יַהְצָה Yahtsâh (yah'-tsaw); or (feminine) יַהְצָה Yahtsâh (yah-tsaw'); from an unused root meaning to stamp; perhaps threshing-floor Jahaz, Jahazah, Jahzah. - § Jahaz or Jahazah or Jahzah = "trodden down" - Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan 1) a place in Reuben east of the Dead Sea where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites; site uncertain
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 21:23 | “And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.” Word: יַהַץ (Yahats) | |
| Deuteronomy 2:32 | “Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.” Word: יַהַץ (Yahats) | |
| Joshua 21:36 | “And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,” Word: יַהַץ (Yahats) | |
| Judges 11:20 | “But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.” Word: יַהַץ (Yahats) | |
| 1 Chronicles 6:78 | “And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,” Word: יַהַץ (Yahats) |