Study Dictionary
NAVE: Beth-haccerem Beth Hakkerem
EBD: Beth-haccerem
ISBE: BETH-HACCHEREM
Beth Hakkerem
In Bible versions:
Beth Hakkerem: NET NIVBeth-Haccherem: AVS TEV
Beth-haccherem: NRSV NASB
Beth-haccerem: NASB
a town of Judah near Bethlehem (OS)
house of the vineyard
house of the vineyard
Google Maps:
Beth-haccherem (31° 39´, 35° 14´)
Hebrew
Strongs #01021: Mrkh tyb Beyth hak-Kerem
Beth-haccerem = "house of the vineyard"1) a place in Judah
1021 Beyth hak-Kerem bayth hak-keh'-rem
from 1004 and 3754 with the article interposed; house of thevineyard; Beth-hak-Kerem, a place in
Palestine:-Beth-haccerem.
see HEBREW for 01004
see HEBREW for 03754
Beth-haccerem [EBD]
house of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians (Jer. 6:1). It is probable that this place is the modern 'Ain Karim, or "well of the vineyards," near which there is a ridge on which are cairns which may have served as beacons of old, one of which is 40 feet high and 130 in diameter.
BETH-HACCHEREM [ISBE]
BETH-HACCHEREM - beth-ha-ke'-rem, beth-hak'-e-rem (the King James Version Beth-haccerem; beth ha-kerem; Bethachcharma (see DB), "place of the vineyard"): A district (in Neh 3:14) ruled over by one, Malchijah; mentioned in Jer 6:1 as a suitable signal station. From its association with Tekoa (Jer 6:1) and from the statement by Jerome that it was a village which he could see daily from Bethlehem, the Frank mountain (Herodium) has been suggested. It certainly would be a unique place for a beacon. More suitable is the fertile vineyard country around `Ain Karem (the "spring of the vineyard"). On the top of Jebel `Ali, above this village, are some remarkable cairns which, whatever their other uses, would appear to have been once beacons. `Ain Karem appears as Carem in the Septuagint (Josh 15:59).See BETH-CAR.
E. W. G. Masterman