Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

> George Athas wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I've just submitted my PhD thesis on the TD inscription and I've 
> > concluded that the
lexeme
> > _bytdwd_ should not be translated "House of David", but as a toponym, 
> > "Bayt-Dawid." --
>
> Dear George,
> Have you found other toponyms that include the word "Bayt"?
>
> Lee R. Martin

Yes, quite a few. Outisde the Bible we have evidence of "Beth-X" names from 
Sefire in
Syria, Tell Qasile in Palestine, and Assyrian annals. They are as common as 
"X-town" names
are today.

Best regards,
George Athas
 Dept of Semitic Studies,
 University of Sydney
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