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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָבֵשׁ

יָבֵשׁ

H3003

Transliteration: Yâbêsh

Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'

Definition: Jobesh


Original: יבישׁ יבשׁ

Transliteration: yâbêsh yâbêysh

Phonetic: yaw-bashe'

BDB Definition:

Jabesh = "dry"
  1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes' (noun proper locative)
  2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom (noun proper masculine)

Origin: the same as H3002" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3002 (also Yabeysh yaw-bashe')

TWOT entry: None

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