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Hebrew
Etymology
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
Proper noun
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
The term is almost always paired with אבל (avel, “meadow, plain (of)”).
References
H1038 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible