בית שמש
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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ב־י־ת (b-y-t) |
שׁ־מ־שׁ (sh-m-sh) |
From בית (beyt, “house of”) + שמש (shemésh, “sun”).
Proper noun
[edit]בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ • (beyt shemésh)
- Beth-shemesh, Beit Shemesh (a city in central Israel)
- Tanach, 1 Samuel 6:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּשַּׁרְנָה הַפָּרוֹת בַּדֶּרֶךְ עַל־דֶּרֶךְ בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ בִּמְסִלָּה אַחַת הָלְכוּ הָלֹךְ וְגָעוֹ וְלֹא־סָרוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול וְסַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הֹלְכִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם עַד־גְּבוּל בֵּית שָׁמֶשׁ׃
- vay-yissárna ha-parót ba-dérekh 'al dérekh Beit Shémesh bi-msilá ahát halkhú halókh v-ga'ú v-lo sáru yamín u-smól v-sarnéi p'lishtím holkhím aḥareihém 'ad g'vúl Beit Shámesh
- And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
- (archaic, Biblical Hebrew)(historical) Heliopolis (The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt; known in Ancient Egyptian as Iunu and in later Coptic as On)
- Synonym: אוֹן (On)
- Tanach, Jeremiah 43:13:
- וְשִׁבַּר אֶת־מַצְּבוֹת בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּי אֱלֹהֵי־מִצְרַיִם יִשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ׃
- v-shibár et matsvót Beit Shémesh ashér b-éretz mitsráyim v-et batéi elohéi mitsráyim yisróf ba-esh
- And He will shatter the pillars of Heliopolis in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn in fire.
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