Yânôwach — H3239
H3239 · Hebrew — ינוח
Pronunciation: yaw-no'-akh or with enclitic Yanowchah yaw-no'-khaw
Definition
locative proper noun
Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine
- Janoah or Janohah = "He rests"
- a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine
Usually translated as
Janohah, Janoah
Occurrences
Yânôwach occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 2 Kings (1)
- Joshua 16:6 — And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah (יָנֽוֹחָה);
- Joshua 16:7 — And it went down from Janohah (מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה) to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah (יָ֠נוֹחַ), and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Strong's Lexicon — Y