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bēt šemeš בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ ‘Beth-shemesh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and šemeš שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ ‘sun’
Roots: בית שׁמשׁ

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Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple"
1) a town in southwest Judah
2) a town in Naphtali
3) a town in Issachar
4) a town in Egypt

Mentioned in Joshua 15:10, 21:16, 19:38, 19:22 Judges 1:33 1 Samuel 6:19, 6:15, 6:12, 6:20, 6:9, 6:13 1 Kings 4:9 2 Kings 14:13, 14:11 Jeremiah 43:13 1 Chronicles 6:44 2 Chronicles 28:18, 25:23, 25:21

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