Yish’i
Yish'i is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 920.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Village with 771 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Dayr Aban Bet”, “Yish‘i”, and “Yishi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Beit Shemesh and Beit Shemesh Railway Station.
Tel Beit Shemesh
Archaeological site
Photo: עט הזמיר, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson.
Beit Shemesh Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways station in Beit Shemesh, Israel, on the Tel Aviv–Lod–Jerusalem line. The station is located near the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh.
Beit Jimal
Monastery
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Beit Jimal or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by Salesian priests and brothers near Beit Shemesh, Israel. The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman- and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala, and believe that inside a cave in the area, there is the tomb of Saint Stephen or to have conserved his relics. Beit Jimal is situated 3 km south of Yish’i.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tzora and Beit Shemesh.
Tzora
Village
Tzora is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about 20 km from Jerusalem, near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 915.
Beit Shemesh
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Givat Shemesh
Hamlet
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Givat Shemesh is a village and drug rehabilitation centre in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh above kibbutz Tzora and run by the Retorno organisation, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 56. Givat Shemesh is situated 3 km northwest of Yish’i.
Yish’i
- Categories: moshav, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.75164° or 31° 45′ 6″ northLongitude
34.96542° or 34° 57′ 56″ eastPopulation
771Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)Open location code
8G3PQX28+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 278475059OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
293177Wikidata ID
Q2889854
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Yish’i” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Jiš’i”
- Czech: “Jiši”
- Czech: “Yish’i”
- Czech: “Yishi”
- French: “Yish’i”
- Hebrew: “ישעי”
- Irish: “Yish’i”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yish’i”
- Polish: “Jisz’i”
- Polish: “Jiszi”
- Polish: “Yish’i”
- Turkish: “Yiş’i”
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