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bēt šᵊʾān בֵּית שְׁאָן ‘Beth-shean’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and šāʾan שָׁאַן ‘to rest’
Roots: בית שׁאן

bēt šᵊʾān pr n loc
Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease"
1) a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

Mentioned in Joshua 17:16, 17:11 Judges 1:27 1 Samuel 31:12, 31:10 2 Samuel 21:12 1 Kings 4:12 1 Chronicles 7:29

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