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41BET-ẒURI, ELIAHU — (1922–1945), Jew executed in Egypt in the Mandate Period. Bet Ẓuri was born in Tel Aviv. He became a member of Leḥi after its secession from IẒL. Together with …
42BET(H)-HORON — (Heb. בֵּית חוֹרוֹן; Upper, עֶלְיוֹן (Elyon), and Lower, תַּחְתּוֹן (Taḥton), two adjacent biblical towns named after the Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts. The towns, known as Upper and Lower Horon, were… …
43BET(H)-NIMRAH — (Heb. בֵּית נִמְרָה), biblical locality in the Jordan Valley opposite Jericho, in the area allotted to the tribe of Gad (Num. 32:36; Josh. 13:27; called Nimrah in Num. 32:3). It is mentioned in the form Bethnambris in the time of the Jewish War… …
44bet|ting — «BEHT ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of making a wager or bet: »Betting was very fashionable in the 18th century. 2. the placing or accepting of wagers or bets as a business. –adj. of, having to do with, or for the making of wagers or… …
45BET(H)-HARAM — (or Haran) (Heb. בֵּית הָרָם, הָרָן), town in the Jordan Valley, N. of the Dead Sea, allotted by Moses to the tribe of Gad and included in the list of its cities (Num. 32:36; Josh. 13:27). It is possibly mentioned in the Egyptian Execration Texts …
46BET ḤARODON — BET ḤARODON, locality 3 mi. (5 km.) S. of Jerusalem. It was on the road leading to Bukei a in the wilderness where the he goat that was allotted to azazel in the Temple ritual on the Day of Atonement was pushed to its death from a cliff (Yoma… …
47BET YOSEF — (Heb. בֵּית יוֹסֵף), moshav in Israel, in the north of the Beth Shean Valley near the Jordan River, affiliated with Tenu at ha Moshavim; founded on April 9, 1937 as a tower and stockade settlement. Its inhabitants came from Kurdistan. Its economy …
48BET ZEKHARYAH — (Heb. בֵּית זְכַרְיָה), site 10 mi. (16 km.) S.W. of Jerusalem and 6 mi. (9½ km.) N. of Beth Zur, where the Hasmonean army clashed with that of Antiochus V Eupator, king of Syria, in 162 B.C.E. In this battle eleazar , a brother of judah maccabee …
49BET(H)-EDEN — (Heb. בית עדן), the biblical name for Bît Adini, an Aramean kingdom some 200 mi. (320 km.) northeast of damascus that extended along the banks of the Euphrates from the mouth of the Sâjūr River in the north to the mouth of the Balikh River in the …
50BET YEHOSHU'A — (Heb. בֵּית יְהוֹשֻׁעַ), moshav shittufi in central Israel, in the southern Sharon, affiliated with Ha Oved ha Ẓiyyoni. It was founded as a kibbutz in 1938 by pioneers from Poland. Its economy was based mainly on citrus plantations and dairy… …
