ye.sha.nah is a proper name used for a city and for the Jeshanah Gate.

The term is used as a proper name: in 2 Chronicles 13:19 it identifies a captured city with its villages, while in Nehemiah 12:39 it occurs in the name of a gate passed on a route.

1. Proper name in city and gate references · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 2 Chronicles 13:19 the form occurs among cities captured by Abijah, and the APB renders the clause "Jeshanah with its villages"; in Nehemiah 12:39 the form occurs in a sequence of gates, and the APB renders "the Jeshanah Gate."

   2 Chronicles 13:19Nehemiah 12:39

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as "Jeshanah" for a city in 2 Chronicles 13:19 and as "the Jeshanah Gate" in Nehemiah 12:39. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.