Original: יָבֵשׁ

Transliteration: Yâbêsh

Phonetic: yaw-bashe'

Short 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 (also Yabeysh yaw-bashe')

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H3001, H3002, H3004, H3006