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bēt hayšīmōt בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת ‘Beth-jeshimoth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and the plural of yᵊšīmā יְשִׁימָה ‘desolation’ with the article inserted
Roots: בית יְשׁימה

bēt hayšīmōt pr n loc
Beth-jesimoth = "house of the desolation"
1) a place in Moab given to the tribe of Reuben

Mentioned in Numbers 33:49 Joshua 12:3, 13:20 Ezekiel 25:9

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