This is the name of the place Jahaz: A town in Moab, site of Israelite victories.
Definition
or יַהְצָה; or (feminine) יַהְצָה; from an unused root meaning to stamp; perhaps threshing-floor; Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
Traditional renderings: Jahaz, Jahazah, Jahzah.
Traditional renderings: Jahaz, Jahazah, Jahzah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
9 total
- Numbers 21:23יָ֑הְצָה · to JahazBut Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Deuteronomy 2:32יָֽהְצָה׃ · at JahazSo Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
- Joshua 13:18וְיַ֥הְצָה · JahazJahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Joshua 21:36יַ֖הְצָה · JahazFrom the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
- Judges 11:20בְּיָ֑הְצָה · in JahazBut Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:78יַ֖הְצָה · JahzahFrom the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
- Isaiah 15:4יַ֖הַץ · JahazHeshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Jeremiah 48:21יַ֖הְצָה · JahzahJudgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
- Jeremiah 48:34יַ֙הַץ֙ · JahazThere is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.