HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1014
בֵּית גָּמוּל
bet ga.mul — Beth-gamul
§ Beth-gamul = "house of recompense" a place in Moab
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Beth-gamul
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Camel-house, a city in the “plain country” of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer. 48:23); probably the modern Um-el-Jemal, near Bozrah, one of the deserted cities of the Hauran.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.