Jethlah — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִתְלָה

יִתְלָה

Yithlâh · pronounced yith-law' · Strong's H3494 · a place

Jethlah means it will hang, i.e. be high.

Built from

תָּלָה tâlâh (probably from, H8518) — to suspend (especially to gibbet) open in the lexicon ›

probably from H8518; it will hang, i.e. be high; Jithlah, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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