Beth Baal Meon: "house of Baal of (the) habitation," a place East of the Jordan Original Word: בֵּית
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beth Baal Meon
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth bah'-al me-own')
Short Definition: Beth-baal-meon
Word Origin
from bayith, Baal, and maon
Definition
"house of Baal of (the) habitation," a place E. of the Jordan
NASB Translation
Beth-baal-meon (1), Beth-meon (1).
בֵּית בַּ֫עַל מְעוֺן proper name, of a location Joshua 13:47, = בַּעַל מְעוֺן Numbers 32:38; Ezekiel 25:9; 1 Chronicles 5:8 (MI בעל מען & בת בעל מען) = בֵּית מְעוֺן Jeremiah 48:23 = בְּעֹן Numbers 32:3 (read probably מען; compare DrSm lxviii); city assigned to Reuben Joshua 13:17; Numbers 32:3,38; 1 Chronicles 5:8; possessed by Moab Jeremiah 48:23; Ezekiel 25:9; — modern Ma±în TristrMoab 303 f. SchickZPV ii. 1879, 5 SurveyEP i. 176 BdPal 192.
Beth-baal-meon From bayith and Ba'al and ma'own; house of Baal of (the) habitation of (apparently by transposition); or (shorter) Beyth M own {bayth me-own'}; house of habitation of (Baal); Beth- Baal-Meon, a place in Palestine -- Beth-baal-meon. Compare Ba'al m'own and b'on. see HEBREW bayith see HEBREW Ba'al see HEBREW ma'own see HEBREW Ba'al m'own see HEBREW b'on
מְעֽוֹן׃ מעון׃ mə‘ōwn mə·‘ō·wn meon
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