Hebrew word · H3189

יַ֫חַת

yachat

Jahath

Appears 8 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.2;

son of: Haroeh (H7204);

father of: Ahumai (H0267) and Lahad (H3855)

§ Jahath = "He will snatch up"

1) son of Reaiah and grandson of Shobal of the tribe of Judah

2) a son of Libni and grandson of Gershom and great grandson of Levi

3) a Gershonite Levite; the eldest son of Shimei and the grandson of Laadan; founder of the house of Jahath

4) a Levite and son of Shelomoth

5) a Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:2 יַ֔חַת וְיַ֣חַת Jahath, and Jahath

    Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:20 יַ֥חַת Jahath

    Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:43 יַ֥חַת Jahath

    the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  4. 1 Chronicles 23:10 יַ֣חַת Jahath

    And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

  5. 1 Chronicles 23:11 יַ֣חַת Jahath

    Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

  6. 1 Chronicles 24:22 יָֽחַת׃ Jahath

    From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:12 יַ֣חַת Jahath

    And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

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