Lexicon
בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת
bet hay.shi.mot
H1020
N:N--L Hebrew

Beth-jeshimoth

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bet hay.shi.mot is a proper place name used for a boundary, a camping extent, and a city listed with nearby places.

The term is consistently a proper place name: it marks a route or extent in Joshua 12:3 and Numbers 33:49, appears in a list of places in Joshua 13:20, and is named among cities in Ezekiel 25:9.

Senses in use

  1. Proper place name in geographic and city contexts · dominant

    All four occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 12:3 the APB renders it in the phrase “by the way of Beth-jeshimoth,” while Numbers 33:49 presents it as one end of the camping extent “from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.” Joshua 13:20 lists it with Beth Peor and the slopes of Pisgah, and Ezekiel 25:9 names it among cities.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Beth-jeshimoth” in Ezekiel 25:9, Joshua 12:3, and Numbers 33:49, but as “Beth Jeshimoth” in Joshua 13:20. These spellings only show how the whole clauses are presented.

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