Lexical Definition

‎בֵּית נִמְרָה‎ Bêyth Nimrâh (bayth nim-raw') Beth-nimrah ^N:N--L
from ‎בַּיִת‎ and the feminine of ‎נָמֵר‎; house of (the) leopard

Beth-Nimrah. Compare ‎נִמְרָה‎.

• § Beth-Nimrah = "house of the leopard"
• Beth-Nimrah, a place east of the Jordan

1) a place east of the Jordan in Gad

Extended Information

• Beth-Nimrah = "house of the leopard"
• Also named: nim.rah (‎נ‎ִ‎מ‎ְ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "Nimrah" נִמְרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּית נִמְרָה‎ proper name, of a location east of Jordan, in Gad (place of leopard) Num 32:36 = Josh 13:27 ᵐ5 Ναμραμ, Βαιθαναβρα, etc., see also Lag^{Onom. Sacr. 232, 2nd ed. 246}; — modern Tel Nimrîn Survey^{EP i. 337} Bd^{Pal 179}, compare also ‎מֵי נִמְרִים‎ Isa 15:6, & Rob^{BR i. 551}.

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Beth-nimrah • Town in Gad, east of the Jordan River.

Beth-nimrah (Nimrah) was a town allotted to the tribe of Gad, east of the Jordan River, which they built or fortified. (Numbers 32:3, 36; Joshua 13:27)

• A location first mentioned at Num.32.36;
• referred to as Beth-nimrah בֵּית נִמְרָה, or Nimrah נִמְרָה.
  

Beth-nimrah, also known as Nimrah, was a town located east of the Jordan River, in the territory allotted to the tribe of Gad. The name Beth-nimrah means "house of the leopard" or "house of the spotted one" in Hebrew, possibly referring to the presence of leopards in the area or to a local feature that resembled the animal's spots.

In Numbers 32:3, the children of Gad and Reuben requested permission from Moses to settle in the land east of the Jordan, citing several cities, including Nimrah, as suitable for their livestock. Moses granted their request on the condition that they would help the other tribes conquer the land west of the Jordan (Numbers 32:20-22).

Later, in Numbers 32:36, Beth-nimrah is mentioned as one of the cities that the Gadites built or fortified.

All entries for Beth-nimrah or Nimrah: בֵּית נִמְרָה ☩ נִמְרָה