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(Heb. Tdchath, úִּçִú , in pause Tachath, úָּçִú , station, i.e. beneath, as often), the name of a place and of three men.
1. (Sept. ÊáôáÜè v.r. ÈÜáè ; Vulg. Thahath.) One of the stations of the Israelites in' the desert between Makheloth and Tarah (Num_33:26); situated apparently not far beyond the western edge of the Arabah nearly opposite Mount Hor. SEE EXODE. —
2. (Sept. èáÜè v.r. ÊáÜè ; Vulg. Thahath.) A Kohathite Levite, son of Assir and father of Uriel, or Zephaniah, in the ancestry of Samuel and Heman (1Ch_6:24; 1Ch_6:37 [Heb. 9 and 22]). B.C. cir. 1585.
3. (Sept. ÈáÜè v.r. ÈáÜä ; Vulg. Thahath.) Son of Bered, and father of Eladah, among the immediate descendants of Ephraim in Palestine (1Ch_7:20). B.C. — post 1618. Burrington (General. 1, 273) regards him as the same with Tahan (q.v.) the son of Ephraim; but against the text.
4. (Sept. ÓáÜè v.r. ÍïìåÝ ; Vulg. Tahath.) Grandson of the preceding (with whom some confound him), being son of Eladah and father of Zabad (1Ch_7:20). B.C. post 1618.