Beth-Nimrah or Beth-nimrah ( Hebrew : בית נמרה ), also called Nimrin and Bethennabris , was an ancient city in Transjordan , which features prominently the history of ancient Israel and Judah . Tell Nimrin has been identified by Nelson Glueck as the last of three sites successively occupied by the ancient city.
11-536: Beth Nimrah means 'house of a leopard' in Hebrew, beit meaning 'house' and namer 'leopard' (cf. nimr in Arabic ). Later in antiquity, the city took on the name Nimrin, until its demise in the first century CE. In Talmudic literature, it is mentioned as Nimrin or Nimri. The name is preserved in the names Tell Nimrin (for the archaeological mound ) and Wadi Nimrin (for the wadi -type valley). Glueck suggests
22-570: A possible connection between Wadi Nimrin and the biblical "Waters of Nimrim" ( Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34 ), although he identifies "this stream" with Seil en-Numeirah (not clear if he refers by "this stream" to Seil en-Numeirah, or to Jeremiah's "Waters of Nimrim"). Seil en-Numeira is a stream that flows into the Dead Sea at its southern end. The city was located in the Jordan Valley , approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) north of
33-675: The Dead Sea and 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Jericho . Wadi Nimrin , on whose south (left) bank all the three sites identified by Glueck with Beth Nimra are located, marks the northern limit of the Plains of Moab . The ancient city was believed by Glueck to have moved twice in its history, occupying successively three mounds : Tell el-Mustaḥ during the Early Bronze I, Tell Bleibil in Iron Age I-II , and Tell Nimrin in
44-581: The 4th century BCE, the city was settled by Israelites who had returned from the Babylonian exile and marked the furthest extent eastward of Jewish settlement in Transjordan. In c. 65 CE, the village was the site of a fierce battle during the First Jewish–Roman War under Vespasian , which saw the defeat of the town's defenders. The non-combatants were exterminated, the able-bodied fled,
55-602: The Roman through to the Early Muslim period, with similar large historical sedentary habitation gaps as those encountered elsewhere across the Jordan Valley. Glueck based his dates on sherds found at the surface and, in the case of Tell el-Mustah and Tell Nimrin, in cuts caused by modern roads. Tell el-Mustah rises south of Wadi Sha'ib (Wadi Shu'ayb in more recent spelling), which is the name of an easterly section of
66-752: The UK National Institute of Malaria Research , in India Nigerian Institute of Medical Research , in Nigeria See also [ edit ] Al-Nimr Palace , in Nablus, West Bank Albu Nimr , a Sunni Arab tribe in Iraq Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nimr . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
77-695: The arts Faris Nimr (1856–1951), Lebanese journalist Khaled Nimr (born 1978), Jordanian footballer Mek Nimr (died 1846), last mek (king) of the Ja'alin tribe of Shendi, Sudan Nimr al-Nimr (1959–2016), Saudi Arabian Shia cleric beheaded for criticizing his country's government Sonia Nimr (born 1955), Palestinian writer, storyteller, translator, ethnographer and academic Given name [ edit ] Nimr Saleh (1929–1991), Palestinian leftist figure Other uses [ edit ] NIMR (vehicle manufacturer) Nimr (armored personnel carrier) National Institute for Medical Research , in
88-803: The houses were ransacked by the soldiery, and the village set on fire. The town is also mentioned in the Mosaic of Rehob , which was laid sometimes between the late 3rd and the 6th/7th centuries CE. 31°54′32″N 35°38′17″E / 31.909°N 35.638°E / 31.909; 35.638 Nimr (disambiguation) (Redirected from Nimr (disambiguation) ) Nimr , al-Nimr or NIMR may refer to: People [ edit ] Surname [ edit ] Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr (born 1994), Saudi Arabian protester sentenced to beheading and crucifixion, but later released, nephew of Nimr al-Nimr Amy Nimr (1898–1974), Egyptian-born artist, writer and patron of
99-541: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nimr&oldid=1193279652 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr Too Many Requests If you report this error to
110-407: The same wadi which takes on the name Wadi Nimrin when it reaches Tell Nimrin. Tell Bleibil is just across the wadi from Tell el-Mustah, so on the north side of Wadi Sha'ib. Tell el-Mustah stands c. 1.75 km ENE of Tell Nimrin, both being located on the south side of the wadi. The tells of Mustah and Bleibil are in the foothills flanking the plain of Nimrin from the east, while Nimrin is further down
121-579: The slope. Glueck describes Tell Nimrin in 1943 as being situated very close to the east of the Arab village of Shuneh (now Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah or South Shuneh). About Tell Nimrin, see also Alexander Ahrens' Wadi Shuʿayb Archaeological Survey (2018). It was assigned to the Tribe of Gad ( Numbers 32:36 ). In the Book of Joshua it was said to have belonged formerly to the kingdom of Sihon ( Joshua 13:27 ). In
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