ya.chat is a proper personal name used in genealogies, family lists, and the oversight of temple work.

The supplied occurrences use this proper noun as a personal designation, chiefly within genealogical and family listings, and once for a Levite overseeing work. In 1 Chronicles 4:2 it stands in a father-to-son sequence, while 2 Chronicles 34:12 places its bearer among those directing the workers.

1. Personal name in family lists and public oversight · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In 1 Chronicles 23:10 and 1 Chronicles 23:11, the APB renders the name among Shimei's sons and identifies its bearer as "the head"; in 1 Chronicles 4:2, it occurs in the sequence in which Reaiah begot this person and this person begot Ahumai and Lahad. In 1 Chronicles 24:22 it concludes a family listing, while 2 Chronicles 34:12 names its bearer among Levites overseeing workers.

   1 Chronicles 23:101 Chronicles 23:111 Chronicles 24:221 Chronicles 4:21 Chronicles 6:281 Chronicles 6:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the name in the family and oversight clauses, including "Jahath was the head" in 1 Chronicles 23:11 and "under the oversight of Jahath" in 2 Chronicles 34:12. It does not visibly include the name in the supplied APB wording for 1 Chronicles 6:28 or 1 Chronicles 6:5, although the original-language data marks a proper-noun token there.