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בֵּית הַכֶּרֶםBêyth hak-Kerem

proper name [of a location]: in Judah (Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah 3:14)

Pronunciation: bayth hak-keh'-rem · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1021

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 3:14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.
  • Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the alarm in Tekoa! Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem! A powerful army is coming from the north, coming with disaster and destruction.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).