יַהַץ
Yahats · yah'-hats
Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: or יַהְצָה; or (feminine) יַהְצָה; from an unused root meaning to stamp; perhaps threshing-floor;
Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jahaz, Jahazah, Jahzah.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to pursue the straight path
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַהַץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to jahaz1 · 11%
- at jahaz1 · 11%
- and jahazah1 · 11%
- with her suburbs, and jahazah1 · 11%
- in jahaz1 · 11%
- and jahzah1 · 11%
- even unto jahaz1 · 11%
- and upon jahazah1 · 11%
- and even unto jahaz1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.