Yabesh
/ˈjɑː.bɛʃ/noun
A biblical Hebrew place-name and personal-name element meaning dry or parched.
Did you know?Yabesh appears in the place-name Yabesh-Gilead, whose inhabitants were rescued by Saul after the Ammonite king Nahash threatened to mutilate their right eyes.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יָבֵשׁ (yāvēsh)
“Dry, dried up, or withered”
Iron Age
Hebrew
יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד (Yabesh-Gilead)
“Yabesh of Gilead, a settlement east of the Jordan”
Ancient Greek
Septuagint Greek
Ἰαβὴς Γαλαάδ (Iabēs Galaad)
“Jabesh-Gilead, the Greek rendering of the Hebrew place-name”
Latin Vulgate
Latin
Iabes Galaad
“Jabesh-Gilead in Latin biblical translation”
Modern English
English
Yabesh / Jabesh
“A transliterated biblical proper name, especially in Yabesh-Gilead”
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