no.vach names the man who captured Kenath and the place later called after his name.

The term is used chiefly as a place name: the APB locates a camp east of it in Judges 8:11 and says Kenath was called by this name in Numbers 32:42. In Numbers 32:42, it also names the man who captured Kenath and its villages.

1. Place called after the conqueror · dominant

   In Judges 8:11, the proper noun marks the location east of which Gideon attacked an unsuspecting camp; the APB renders the route as east of “Nobah and Jogbehah.” In Numbers 32:42, the clause says that Kenath and its villages were called by this name after the conqueror.

   Judges 8:11Numbers 32:42
2. Man who captured Kenath · rare

   In Numbers 32:42, the proper noun identifies the subject who went, captured Kenath and its villages, and gave the captured place his own name; the APB renders the clause “Nobah went and captured Kenath.”

   Numbers 32:42

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as a location in Judges 8:11 and as both the conqueror and the name given to Kenath in Numbers 32:42. These renderings are confirmed by the clauses rather than treated as a lexical definition.