{
  "id": "dict_002837",
  "term": "Jahaz",
  "slug": "jahaz",
  "letter": "J",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Jahaz is a biblical place-name east of the Jordan, remembered for Israel’s defeat of Sihon the Amorite and later references in tribal and prophetic texts.",
  "simple_one_line": "Jahaz was a Transjordanian location associated with Israel’s victory over Sihon.",
  "tooltip_text": "A biblical place east of the Jordan, best known for the battle with Sihon.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Sihon",
    "Moab",
    "Reuben",
    "Levitical cities",
    "Transjordan"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Numbers 21",
    "Deuteronomy 2",
    "Joshua 13",
    "Joshua 21",
    "Isaiah 15",
    "Jeremiah 48"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Jahaz is a place-name in the Old Testament, especially associated with Israel’s victory over Sihon king of the Amorites during the wilderness period.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A biblical place east of the Jordan linked to Israel’s defeat of Sihon and later tribal and prophetic references.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Mentioned in Israel’s wilderness-era victories",
    "Appears in allotment and Levitical-city lists",
    "Later named in prophecies against Moab",
    "Exact archaeological location remains uncertain"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Jahaz is a biblical place-name associated with Israel’s defeat of Sihon king of the Amorites and later references in the territorial and prophetic literature of the Old Testament.",
  "description_academic_full": "Jahaz is a place-name in the Old Testament, remembered especially as the site associated with Israel’s victory over Sihon king of the Amorites east of the Jordan. It also appears in tribal allotment and Levitical-city lists and is later mentioned in prophetic texts concerning Moab. The biblical record establishes its narrative significance, though the exact archaeological location remains uncertain. As a geographic entry, Jahaz should be treated as a place-name rather than a theological term.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Jahaz is linked to Israel’s defeat of Sihon during the wilderness journey (Numbers 21; Deuteronomy 2). It also appears in the allotment of land to Reuben and in a Levitical-city list, then reappears in prophecies against Moab (Joshua 13; 21; Isaiah 15; Jeremiah 48).",
  "background_historical_context": "The historical setting is Transjordan in the period before Israel entered Canaan west of the Jordan. The precise site of Jahaz has not been securely identified, but the biblical references place it within the region affected by Israel, Moab, and the Amorite kingdom.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In later Jewish reading, Jahaz functions as part of the remembered geography of Israel’s conquest history and the broader Transjordan narrative. The biblical text, not later speculation, remains the primary source for its significance.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Numbers 21:23",
    "Deuteronomy 2:32",
    "Joshua 13:18",
    "Joshua 21:36"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Isaiah 15:4",
    "Jeremiah 48:21"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Hebrew יַהַץ (transliterated Jahaz), a place-name with uncertain etymology.",
  "theological_significance": "Jahaz matters because it anchors a real event in salvation history: God gave victory to Israel over Sihon and used actual places to mark covenant history. Its significance is historical and theological by association, not doctrinal in itself.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a place-name, Jahaz reminds readers that biblical revelation is rooted in concrete history, geography, and public events rather than abstractions alone.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overstate the archaeological identification of the site. Also avoid treating Jahaz as a doctrinal concept; it is a geographic reference with narrative and historical importance.",
  "major_views_note": "The main discussion concerns identification of the site, not its biblical meaning. The exact location is uncertain, but the textual significance is clear.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Jahaz is a geographic reference, not a doctrine, symbol, or theological category. Its role is to locate biblical events in real history.",
  "practical_significance": "Jahaz encourages confidence that Scripture speaks about real places and real acts of God in history. It also helps readers trace the movement of Israel east of the Jordan.",
  "meta_description": "Jahaz is a biblical place-name east of the Jordan, best known as the site of Israel’s defeat of Sihon and later references in Joshua, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/jahaz/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/jahaz.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}