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title: יָהְצָה — Jahaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָהְצָה (3096), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Jahaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָהְצָה

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«יָהְצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jahaz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3096 · **BDB:** יַ֫הַץ

### Glosses

Jahaz (5); (to) (2); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jahaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3096/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3096/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab, site unknown (MI 19, 20 יהץ)—יהץ Is 15:4 Je 48:34; c. ה loc. יָ֑הְצָה, on border of territory of Amorites (under Sihon) Nu 21:23 Dt 2:32; also בְּיָהְ֑צָה Ju 11:20; called יַהֲצָ֫ה Jos 13:18 (assigned to Reuben); יַ֫הְצָה 1 Ch 6:63 (Levit. city in Reuben), Je 48:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָהְצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3096/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.18/)

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וְיַ֥הְצָה וּקְדֵמֹ֖ת וּמֵפָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* and (to) Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath

*JPS 1917:* and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath;

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[Deuteronomy 2:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.32/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֩ סִיחֹ֨ן לִקְרָאתֵ֜נוּ ה֧וּא וְכָל־עַמּ֛וֹ לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה יָֽהְצָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.came.out Sihon to meet us he and all people his for (the) battle to Jahaz

*JPS 1917:* Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.

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