בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי
bet-hashimshi · Beth-shemite
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1030 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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bet-hashimshi (בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Beth-shemite”.
Of Beth-shemesh: an inhabitant of that town of Judah, on the border with the Philistines.
How to say it
bet ha·shim·shi
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
- From a Levite town of Judah near Philistia.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 6:14
And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. And there was a great stone. And they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to YHWH.
- 1 Samuel 6:18
and the gold mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, from fortified city to unwalled village, and as far as the great Abel on which they set down the ark of YHWH; it is there to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
And 2 more times.