בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק
bet-hamerchak · Beth-merhak
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1023 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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bet-hamerchak (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Beth-merhak”.
"The far house": the last house on the way out of Jerusalem, or a place so called, where David stopped as he fled (2 Samuel 15:17).
How to say it
bet ha·mer·chak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The last dwelling on leaving Jerusalem, or a place so named.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 15:17
The king went out, and all the people after him, and they stopped at Beth-merhak.
And 1 more times.