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1 Samuel 6:13
“And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁBêyth Shemesh · bayth sheh'-mesh
H1053 · Hebrew
H1053 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun;
- KJV renderings
- Beth-shemesh.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בֵ֣ית — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 15:10Joshua 15:10Joshua 19:22Joshua 19:22Joshua 19:38
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.