H1046 H1046
Beth-pelet, a town in southern Judah meaning 'house of escape'; resettled after exile
A town name meaning 'house/place of escape,' located in the southern territory of Judah. It appears in Joshua's town list for Judah's Negev (Joshua 15:27) and in Nehemiah's record of resettlement after the exile (Nehemiah 11:26, twice). The name's root suggests deliverance or refuge. The town's mention in post-exilic lists indicates it was repopulated by returning Jews. The Nehemiah passage also mentions a related gentilicic 'the Paltite' (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27; 27:10), though textual variants exist. Exact location unknown.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A town in Judah's southern region, listed among the settlements in the Negev (Joshua 15:27) and repopulated after the Babylonian exile (Nehemiah 11:26, appearing twice in the Nehemiah chapter). The name 'house of escape' may commemorate a historical deliverance. Some translations show textual uncertainty (brackets in French/German), but Spanish and English consistently render the name, confirming its geographic reference. 3×
AR["فَالَطَ", "وَ-بَيْتُ-فَلَطَ", "وَ-فِي-بَيْتِ"]·ben["আর-বৈৎ-", "এবং-বৈৎ-পলেট", "পেলটে"]·DE["[פלט]", "und-Beth-Pelet", "und-im-Haus"]·EN["Pelet", "and-Beth-Pelet", "and-in-Bet"]·FR["[פלט]", "et-Beth-Pelet", "et-dans-la-maison"]·heb["ו-בית פלט", "ו-פלט", "ובבית"]·HI["और", "और-बैत-पेलेत", "बेत-पेलेत-में"]·ID["Pelet", "dan-Bet-Pelet", "dan-di-Bet-"]·IT["[פלט]", "e-Beth-Pelet", "e-nella-casa"]·jav["Pelet", "lan-Bèt-Pelèt", "lan-ing-Bet"]·KO["그리고-베들-에서", "그리고-벧-바렘", "바렛"]·PT["Pelet", "e-Beit-Pelet", "e-em-Beit"]·RU["Пелете", "и-Бет-Пелет", "и-в-Бейт"]·ES["Pelet", "y-Bet-Pelet", "y-en-Bet"]·SW["Peleti", "na-Bethi-Paleti", "na-katika-Bethi"]·TR["Pelet", "ve-Beyt-", "ve-Beyt-Pelet"]·urd["اور-بیت", "اور-بیت-فلط", "فلط-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּית פָּ֑לֶט n.pr.loc. (place of escape) in south of Judah Jos 15:27; Ne 11:26; cf. adj.gent. הַפַּלְטִי 2 S 23:26, & so read also 1 Ch 11:27; 27:10 (Be).