bet ha.e.meq is a proper place-name marking a point on a territorial route in Joshua.

The attested form is a proper place-name in a boundary-route description, where the route reaches it before continuing toward other named locations in Joshua 19:27.

1. Place-name on a territorial route · dominant

   In Joshua 19:27, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the clause describing a route that reaches this location before proceeding to Neiel and toward Cabul. The APB renders the clause “northward to Beth-emek and Neiel.”

   Joshua 19:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 19:27, the APB presents the name as “Beth-emek” within a sequence of locations on a route. It confirms the verse-level place reference rather than supplying a lexical definition.