bet she.mesh is a proper place-name used for locations named in boundaries, settlements, and events in the biblical narrative.

The attested form functions as a proper place-name: it marks a destination and border area, a town with inhabitants, and the setting of encounters and conflict.

1. Proper name for a named location · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Samuel 6:12 the APB renders the route as going "to Beth-shemesh" and reaching its border; in Joshua 15:10 it renders a boundary descending to the same named place. The name also identifies inhabitants in 1 Samuel 6:13 and the place where kings confronted one another in 2 Kings 14:11.

   1 Samuel 6:12Joshua 15:101 Samuel 6:132 Kings 14:11Joshua 19:38Judges 1:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB consistently presents the proper name as "Beth-shemesh," whether naming a route, boundary, inhabitants, city list, or encounter site. This reflects the verse-level presentation rather than a separate lexical rendering.