bet hash.shim.shi identifies Joshua by his Beth-shemesh association in the field where the cart stopped.

The term is used as a masculine singular gentilic identifying Joshua in both references, each locating a significant event in his field.

1. Joshua identified by Beth-shemesh association · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 6:14, the masculine singular gentilic modifies Joshua in the clause about the cart arriving at his field and the heifers being offered. In 1 Samuel 6:18, the same form again identifies Joshua as the field is named as the place where the ark was set; the APB renders both clauses with “Joshua the Bethshemite.”

   1 Samuel 6:141 Samuel 6:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term identically in both verses as “the Bethshemite” after Joshua's name. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verse-level identification.