Beth-jeshimoth — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת

בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת

Bêyth ha-Yshîy-môwth · pronounced bayth hah-yesh-eemoth' · Strong's H1020 · a place

Beth-jeshimoth means house of the deserts.

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בַּיִת bayith (from, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) open in the lexicon ›

יְשִׁימַה yᵉshîymah (the plural of, H3451) — desolation open in the lexicon ›

from H1004 and the plural of H3451 with the article interposed; house of the deserts; Beth-ha-Jeshimoth, a town East of the Jordan.

Num 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab. (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Numbers, Joshua, Ezekiel

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.