yāvēš יָבֵשׁ ‘Jabesh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: the same as yāvēš יָבֵשׁ ‘dry’
Roots: יבשׁ גלעד

yāvēš pr n loc + pr n m pers
Jabesh = "dry"
n pr loc
1) a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
n pr m
2) father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom