Difference between revisions of "Belmaim"

== Hastings' [[Dictionary]] of the [[Bible]] == <p> <strong> BELMAIM </strong> ( Jdt 4:4; Jdt 7:3 ). It seems to have lain south of Dothan, but the topography of [[Judith]] is very difficult. [[Bileam]] in [[Manasseh]] lay farther north than Dothan. </p> == [[International]] Standard Bible [[Encyclopedia]] == <p> '''''bel´mā̇''''' -'''''im''''' , the King James Version [[Belmen]] ( Βελμαίμ , <i> '''''Belmaı́m''''' </i> , Judith 7:3; Βαιλμαίν , <i> '''''Bailmaı́n''''' </i> , 4:4): A place in the neighborhood of [[Dothan]] (Judith 7:3), to which warning was sent to prepare for the invasion of [[Holofernes]] (Judith 4:4). It probably answers to the modern <i> '''''Bı̄r Bil‛āmeh''''' </i> (Ibleam), a ruined site about half a mile (South of <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> . </p> == [[Cyclopedia]] of Biblical, [[Theological]] and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature == <p> (Βελθέμ v. r. Βελβαίμ , Vulg. Belma) a place which, from the terms of the passage, would appear to have been south of [[Dothaim]] (Judith 7:3). [[Possibly]] it is the same as BELMEN (See [[Belmen]]) (q.v.), though whether this is the case, or, indeed, whether either of them ever had any real existence, it is at present impossible to determine. (See [[Judith]]). The [[Syriac]] has Abel-mechola. </p>