H1328b H1328b
and in Bethuel - prepositional phrase marking geographic location in Simeon's territory
This refers to Bethuel, a town in the tribal allotment of Simeon. The settlement appears under various names across biblical texts (also Bethul, Chesil, Bethel), reflecting either textual variants or multiple names for the same location—a common phenomenon in ancient Near Eastern geography. The exact site remains unknown to modern archaeology. The name may mean 'dwelling of God,' following typical Semitic place-name patterns.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In 1 Chronicles 4:30, Bethuel appears in a list of Simeonite cities. The name's variants across Joshua, Samuel, and Chronicles suggest scribal confusion or dialectal differences in pronunciation. The multilingual evidence shows most versions preserving the transliteration with the preposition 'and in' or 'Y en,' though French and German leave the form in Hebrew, acknowledging the textual-critical issues surrounding this place name. 1×
AR["وَ-في-بَتوئيل"]·ben["ও-বথুয়েলে"]·DE["[ובבתואל]"]·EN["and-in-Bethu'el"]·FR["[ובבתואל]"]·heb["ובבתואל"]·HI["और-बतूएल-में"]·ID["dan-di-Betuel"]·IT["[ובבתואל]"]·jav["lan-ing-Bétuèl"]·KO["그-와-에-브두엘"]·PT["E-em-Betu'el"]·RU["и-в-Бетуиле"]·ES["Y-en-Betuel"]·SW["na-huko-Bethueli"]·TR["ve-Betuel'de"]·urd["اور-میں-بتوایل"]
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
† II. בְּתוּאֵל n.pr.loc. in Simeon 1 Ch 4:30 = בְּתוּל Jos 19:4; כְּסִיל 15:30; בֵּיתְאֵל 1 S 30:27 (v. p. 111 supr.); yet cf. LagBN 64; site unknown.