iv.vah is used as a proper place-name in lists and questions concerning cities, gods, and kings.

The attested forms function as a proper place-name: it occurs in a list of places from which people came and in rhetorical questions naming the gods or king associated with listed locations.

1. Proper place-name in civic and political lists · dominant

   All four occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 2 Kings 17:24 the APB renders it within the list of places from which the king of Assyria came before settling people in Samaria; in 2 Kings 18:34 it occurs among locations whose gods are questioned, while 2 Kings 19:13 and Isaiah 37:13 name it in questions concerning kings and the city of Sepharvaim.

   2 Kings 17:242 Kings 18:342 Kings 19:13Isaiah 37:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Ivvah" in each verse, placing it among geographic names.