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yānōaḥ יָנוֹחַ ‘Janoah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yānaḥ יָנַח ‘to rest’
Roots: ינח
Variants: יָנוֹחַ, יָנ֫וֹחָה

yānōaḥ pr n loc
AJanoah or Janohah = "He rests"
1) a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine
BJanoah or Janohah = "He rests"
1) a place on border of Ephraim

Mentioned in Joshua 16:6, 16:7 2 Kings 15:29

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