bethel

«bethel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Bethel was an important town in Israel where Jacob dreamed of a ladder, later a shrine of King Jeroboam's calf worship. It is also part of the name Bethel-sarezer. Interpretation: Prophets such as Amos warned against Bethel's false worship. Jacob's dream there is remembered as a place where heaven met earth.

examples

• When Bethel-sarezer, and Regem-melech and his men, had sent to entreat the favour of the LORD, (Prophets ZEC.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. (Writings 2CH.13.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Seek the LORD, and live — lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel — (Prophets AMO.5.6, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• When Bethel-sarezer, and Regem-melech and his men, had sent to entreat the favour of the LORD,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bethel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.