“Jattir” means pre-eminent
Jattir: a town of Judah in the mountain districts, (Joshua 15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc. See also (Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles 6:57) By Robinson it is identified with 'Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.
