ir she.mesh is used as a proper place name in a boundary list of inherited territory.

The attested use is a proper place name included among locations marking the border of an inheritance in Joshua 19:41.

1. Place name in an inheritance boundary · dominant

   In Joshua 19:41, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in a list of places defining the border of an inheritance; the APB renders the list as “Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh.”

   Joshua 19:41

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 19:41, the APB presents the term as “Ir-shemesh” within a list of boundary locations. The verse is read as a whole.