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H3011 · Hebrew · Old Testament
יָגְבְּהָה
Yogbehah
Proper Noun
Yogbehah — a city in Transjordan (Gad)

Definition

Yogbehah (יָגְבְּהָה) is a place name meaning 'height' or 'elevation,' derived from gabah (high/lofty). It was a city in the territory of Gad, east of the Jordan, fortified by the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:35). It appears again in Judges 8:11 as the location of Gideon's surprise attack on the Midianite camp.

Usage & Theological Significance

Yogbehah's two appearances span the wilderness settlement and the period of the judges. Numbers 32:35 records it as one of the towns built by Gad as they settled east of the Jordan — part of the contested but ultimately honored agreement that eastern tribes made to fight with their brothers before settling their land. In Judges 8:11, Gideon approaches Yogbehah by the caravan route east of Nobah to route the Midianites. The geography of Scripture is the geography of God's purposes — the same hills where Gad built in faith become the hills where Gideon fights. Place and story are inseparable in the biblical narrative.

Key Bible Verses

Numbers 32:35 Atroth-Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah [Yogbehah]...
Judges 8:11 Gideon went up by the route of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah [Yogbehah] and attacked the unsuspecting army.
Numbers 32:16 Then they came up to Moses and said, 'We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.'
Joshua 13:24 Moses had given the Gadites, according to their clans, this territory...
Psalm 16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

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