yot.va.tah is a proper place name marking a stopping point on a journey and a land described as having water streams.

The term is used consistently as a proper place name in travel notices: it is a destination and departure point in Numbers 33:33 and Numbers 33:34, and Deuteronomy 10:7 describes it as a land of streams of water.

1. Place name in journey itineraries · dominant

   All three occurrences identify the form as a proper noun. In Numbers 33:33 the APB renders a move from Hor-haggidgad and a camp at “Jotbathah”; in Numbers 33:34 it renders a departure from that location toward Abronah. In Deuteronomy 10:7 the APB renders travel to “Jotbathah” and describes the land as having streams of water.

   Numbers 33:33Numbers 33:34Deuteronomy 10:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Jotbathah” in each verse, within journey and camping notices; Deuteronomy 10:7 additionally calls it “a land of streams of water.” The verse is read as a whole.