H1601 H1601
Goah (place near Jerusalem of unknown location)
This obscure place name appears only in Jeremiah's prophecy of Jerusalem's future expansion. The site's exact location remains unknown, though it marked one boundary point in the prophet's vision of the restored city. The name survives solely in this prophetic geography, describing a Jerusalem greater than the historical city Jeremiah knew—a vision not fully realized in the post-exilic period.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jeremiah 31:39 mentions Goah as a measuring point for Jerusalem's future boundaries: 'the measuring line shall go out farther to Goah.' The name appears nowhere else in Scripture or extra-biblical sources, leaving its location lost to history. The prophetic context suggests a landmark recognizable to Jeremiah's audience, now forgotten. The consistent transliteration across languages shows recognition that this is a place name, even if the place itself vanished from memory. 1×
AR["جُوعَةَ"]·ben["গোয়াথা"]·DE["[געתה]"]·EN["Goah"]·FR["[געתה]"]·heb["גועתה"]·HI["को-गोआ"]·ID["ke-Goa"]·IT["[געתה]"]·jav["Goa"]·KO["고아타로"]·PT["Goatah"]·RU["Гоафу"]·ES["Goah"]·SW["Goa"]·TR["Goa'ya"]·urd["جعات-کی-طرف"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [גֹּעָה] n.pr.loc. close to Jerusalem גֹּעָ֑תָה Je 31:39;—site unknown.