Meaning
Gathhepher, or Gittahhepher (wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now ’Yafa, (Josh 19:12; Josh 19:13) celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah. (2Kings 14:25) El-Meshhad, a village two-miles east of Sefurieh, is the ancient Gath-hepher.