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yahaṣ יַ֫הַץ ‘Jahaz’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to stamp

yahaṣ pr n loc
Jahaz or Jahazah or Jahzah = "trodden down"
1) a place in Reuben east of the Dead Sea where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites; site uncertain

Mentioned in Numbers 21:23 Deuteronomy 2:32 Joshua 21:36, 13:18 Judges 11:20 Isaiah 15:4 Jeremiah 48:21, 48:34 1 Chronicles 6:63

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