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Beth-jeshimoth — a town east of the Jordan in the territory of Moab/Reuben near the Dead Sea
A place name meaning 'house of the wastelands,' designating a town east of the Jordan River in the Moabite plain near the northern end of the Dead Sea. Israel camped there at the end of the wilderness journey (Num 33:49), and it is listed among the territorial markers of the Amorite kingdom (Josh 12:3) and the tribal allotment of Reuben (Josh 13:20). Ezekiel 25:9 names it among the 'glory of the land' that would be opened to invaders. It is commonly identified with modern es-Suweimeh.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper noun for a town east of the Jordan near the Dead Sea, meaning 'house of the wastelands.' It marks Israel's final camp before crossing the Jordan (Num 33:49), appears in boundary descriptions of Sihon's former territory (Josh 12:3), was assigned to Reuben (Josh 13:20), and is named among Moab's exposed flank cities in Ezekiel 25:9. Multilingual renderings uniformly transliterate: Spanish 'Bet-Jesimot,' French 'Beth-Jeschimoth,' confirming a single geographic referent. 4×
AR["بَيْتَ-يَشِيمُوتَ", "بَيْتِ-اليَشيموتَ", "مِنْ-بَيْتِ-الْيَشِيمُوتِ", "وَ-بَيْتِ-اليَشيموتَ"]·ben["এবং-বৈৎ-যিশীমোৎ", "বেথ-যিশীমোত-থেকে", "বেথ-যিশীমোথ", "বৈৎ-যিশিমোৎ"]·DE["Beth-Yeshimoth", "[בית הישימת]", "und-Beth-Yeshimoth", "von-Beth-jeshimoth"]·EN["Beth-Yeshimoth", "Beth-jeshimoth", "and-Beth-Yeshimoth", "from-Beth-jeshimoth"]·FR["Beth-Jeschimoth", "Beth-Yeshimoth", "de-Beth-jeshimoth", "et-Beth-Yeshimoth"]·heb["בית ה-ישימות", "בית הישימות", "ו-בית ה-ישימות", "מביתהישמת"]·HI["और-बैत-यशीमोत", "बेत-यशीमोत", "बेत-यशीमोत-से"]·ID["Bet-Yesimot,", "Bet-Yesyimot", "dan-Bet-Yesimot", "dari-Bet-Yesimot"]·IT["Beth-Yeshimoth", "[בית הישימת]", "da-Beth-jeshimoth", "e-Beth-Yeshimoth"]·jav["Bèt-Yèsimot", "Bèt-Yèsyimot", "lan-Bèt-Yèsimot", "saking-Bèt-Yèsyimot"]·KO["그리고-벧-여시못을", "벧-여시못과", "벧-여시못의", "벴-하예시못-에서"]·PT["Beit-Hayeshimot", "Beth-Hayeshimot", "de-Beit-HaYeshimot", "e-Beit-HaYeshimot"]·RU["Бет-Йешимота", "и-Бет-Йешимот", "от-Бет-Йешимота", "славу"]·ES["Bet-Jesimot", "Bet-Yesimot", "desde-Bet-Jesimot", "y-Bet-Jesimot"]·SW["Bethi-Yeshimothi", "kutoka-Beth-Yeshimothi", "na-Bethi-Yeshimothi"]·TR["-dan-Beyt-Yeşimot'tan", "Beyt-Yeşimot", "Beyt-Yeşimot'un", "ve-Beyt-Hayeşimot"]·urd["اور-بیت-یشیموت", "بیت-یشیموت", "سے-بیت-یشیموت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan (place of the desert, ישׁם) in Moab Ez 25:9; בּ׳ הַיְשִׁמֹת Nu 33:49; Jos 12:3; given to Reuben בּ׳ הַיְשִׁמוֹת Jos 13:20;—perhaps mod. es-Suweime, De SaulcyVoyage i. 315 f., cf. MerrillPESoc. iv.1877 BdPal. 172 SurveyEP i. 156.