mo.pha.at is used as the proper name of a place listed among cities, pasture lands, and places under judgment.

The term is consistently a proper place name: it occurs in lists of cities and pasture lands and in a proclamation of judgment upon named places.

1. Proper name in place and city lists · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Joshua 13:18 the APB renders it within a list, “Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath,” while Joshua 21:37 names it with pasture land; 1 Chronicles 6:64 places it within the cities given to the Levites, and Jeremiah 48:21 includes it among locations upon which judgment has come.

   Joshua 13:18Joshua 21:371 Chronicles 6:64Jeremiah 48:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Mephaath” in the city list, pasture-land notice, and judgment proclamation. In 1 Chronicles 6:64 it renders the verse generally as cities and pasture lands without naming the individual place.