Midvash

יַחַתYachath

proper name, masculine: he, will snatch up

Pronunciation: yakh'-ath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3189

Meanings

1. grandson of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:2)

2. Levites

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:2 Shobal’s son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:20 The descendants of Gershon included Libni, Jahath, Zimmah,
  • 1 Chronicles 6:43 Jahath, Gershon, and Levi.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:10 Four other descendants of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:11 Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family because neither had many sons.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:22 From the descendants of Izhar, the leader was Shelomith. From the descendants of Shelomith, the leader was Jahath.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).