בית צור

Hebrew

Etymology

From בֵּית (bet, “house of”) +‎ צוּר (tsur, “rock, cliff”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bet t͡suʁ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beθ sˤuːʀ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bejs t͡sur/

Proper noun

בֵּית צוּר • (Bet Tsur) m

1. (biblical) Beth-Zur, an ancient Israelite town belonging to the Tribe of Judah located in the modern day West Bank near the cities of Halhul and Gedor.

References

• H1049 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible