בית מעכה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From בֵּית (bet, “house of”) + מַעֲכָה (ma'achah, “depression, oppression”), מַעֲכָה being from the root מ־ע־ך (m-'-k), a root meaning to press, squeeze, or crush. Related to the Hebrew מָעַךְ (ma'ach, “to crush”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /bet ma.(ʔ)a.χa/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /beθ ma.ʕă.xɔː/
Proper noun
[edit]בֵּית מַעֲכָה • (Bet Ma'achah) m
- (biblical) Abel-beth-maachah, an Israelite archaeological tell in Israel 2 km south of Metula, near Tel Dan. Also the name of multiple Biblical characters.
Usage notes
[edit]The term is almost always paired with אבל (avel, “meadow, plain (of)”).
References
[edit]H1038 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible