3239. Yanowach

Lexicon

Yanowach: To rest, to be quiet, to settle down

Original Word: יָנוֹחַ
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Yanowach
Pronunciation: yah-NO-akh
Phonetic Spelling: ((with enclitic) Yanowchah {yaw-no'-khaw)
Definition: To rest, to be quiet, to settle down
Meaning: Janoach, Janochah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Janoah, Janohah

From yanach; quiet; Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine -- Janoah, Janohah.

see HEBREW yanach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יָנוֺחַ proper name, of a location in extreme north of Israel 2 Kings 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 Joshua 16:6,7, identification with Yânun southeast from Shechem Rob^{BR iii. 297} compare Buhl^{Geogr. 178}; ᵐ5 Ιανωχα, Ιανωκα.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root נוּחַ (nuach), meaning "to rest" or "to settle."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Janoach, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew text and does not have a direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament.

Usage: Janoach is used as a proper noun referring to a location in the biblical text. It is mentioned in the context of territorial boundaries and conquests.

Context: Janoach, also spelled Janochah, is a town mentioned in the Old Testament, specifically in the context of the tribal allotments of Israel. It is located in the territory of Ephraim, as described in the Book of Joshua. The town is noted in Joshua 16:6-7, where it is listed among the border towns of the tribe of Ephraim: "Then it went out westward to the border of the Japhletites, as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer, and it ended at the sea. From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim according to their clans." (BSB)

Janoach is also mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29, where it is recorded as one of the towns captured by the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III during his campaign against the northern kingdom of Israel: "In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and he took the people to Assyria." (BSB)

The exact location of Janoach is not definitively known today, but it is generally believed to have been situated in the central region of ancient Israel, within the boundaries of the tribe of Ephraim. The name Janoach, meaning "rest," may reflect the town's historical significance as a place of settlement and stability within the tribal lands.

Forms and Transliterations

יָ֠נוֹחַ יָנֽוֹחָה׃ ינוח ינוחה׃ מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה מינוחה mî·yā·nō·w·ḥāh miyaNochah mîyānōwḥāh yā·nō·w·aḥ yā·nō·w·ḥāh Yanoach yaNochah yānōwaḥ yānōwḥāh

Englishman's Concordance

Joshua 16:6
HEB: אוֹת֔וֹ מִמִּזְרַ֖ח יָנֽוֹחָה׃
NAS: [beyond] it to the east of Janoah.
KJV: by it on the east to Janohah;
INT: and continued to the east of Janoah

Joshua 16:7
HEB: וְיָרַ֥ד מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה עֲטָר֣וֹת וְנַעֲרָ֑תָה
NAS: It went down from Janoah to Ataroth
KJV: And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth,
INT: went Janoah to Ataroth Naarah

2 Kings 15:29
HEB: מַעֲכָ֡ה וְאֶת־ יָ֠נוֹחַ וְאֶת־ קֶ֨דֶשׁ
NAS: and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh
KJV: and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh,
INT: Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3239
3 Occurrences

mî·yā·nō·w·ḥāh — 1 Occ.
yā·nō·w·aḥ — 1 Occ.
yā·nō·w·ḥāh — 1 Occ.