Lexical Definition

‎יָנוֹחַ‎ Yânôwach (yaw-no'-akh or (with enclitic) Yanowchah yaw-no'-khaw) Janoah ^N:N--L
from ‎יָנַח‎; quiet

Janoah, Janohah.

• § Janoah or Janohah = "He rests"
• Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine

1) a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָנוֺחַ‎ proper name, of a location in extreme north of Israel 2Kgs 15:29 site dubious, Yânû— (Conder^{Lists 38}) near Tyre is probably too far west; Guérin^{Gal. ii. 371 f.} proposes Hunîn, west of upper Jordan, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 237}; ᵐ5 Ανιωχ, A ᵐ5^L Ιανωχ.

‎יָנ֫וֺחָה‎ proper name, of a location on border of Ephraim Josh 16:6; Josh 16:7, identification with Yânun southeast from Shechem Rob^{BR iii. 297} compare Buhl^{Geogr. 178}; ᵐ5 Ιανωχα, Ιανωκα.

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