bꜣtj-šꜣr

Egyptian

Beit She'an on a victory Stele of Seti I

Etymology

From Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew בֵּית שְׁאָן (bêṯ šəʾān).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑti ʃɑr/
  • Conventional anglicization: bati-shar

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Beit She'an (an ancient Canaanite city in northern Israel)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣtj-šꜣr  

bꜣtj-šꜣjr	bꜣṯ-šꜣjr	bꜣṯ-šꜣr	bꜣtj-šꜣr

References

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “BETH-SHEAN”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, pages 78–79