Lexical Definition

‎יַחַת‎ Yachath (yakh'-ath) Jahath ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָחַד‎; unity

Jahath.

• § Jahath = "He will snatch up"
• Jachath, the name of four Israelites

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

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.20
• son of: Shimei (שִׁמְעִי)
• brother of: Jahath (יַחַת), Zizah (זִינָא); Jeush@ (יְעוּשׁ), Beriah (בְּרִיעָה)
• father of: Zimmah (זִמָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַ֫חַת‎ proper name, masculine (perhaps for ‎יַחְתֶּה‎, ‎יַחֲתֶה‎ he (God) will snatch up) —

1. grandson of Judah 1Chr 4:2 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Ιεθ, ᵐ5^L Ιαωθ.

2. Levites:
a. 1Chr 6:5*; 1Chr 6:28*, ᵐ5 Ιεεθ, ᵐ5^L Ιααθ.
b. 1Chr 23:10; 1Chr 23:11, ᵐ5 Ιεθ, ᵐ5^L Ιειηλ.
c. 1Chr 24:22, ᵐ5 Ιναθ, ᵐ5^L Ιααθ.
d. 2Chr 34:12, ᵐ5 Ιε(θ), ᵐ5^L Ιαεθ.

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