yoq.te.el is a proper place name, listed among locations and given to a captured site.

The term functions as a proper place name: it appears among named locations in Joshua 15:38 and is the name given to a captured site in 2 Kings 14:7.

1. Proper place designation · dominant

   In Joshua 15:38, the Proper noun occurs in a list with Dilean and Mizpeh; the APB renders the list “Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel.” In 2 Kings 14:7, the Proper noun is used in the clause naming a captured site; the APB renders, “he called its name Joktheel.”

   Joshua 15:382 Kings 14:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Joktheel” in both verses: once in a location list and once as the name assigned to a captured site. The verse is read as a whole.