Beit Jimal

Beit Jimal or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by priests and brothers near , . 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.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: place
  • Also known as: “Beit Gemal”, “Beit Jemal”, “Beit Jimāl”, “Beit Jimal Monastery”, “Beit-Jamal”, “Kafar Gamla”, “Kfar Gamla”, and “בית ג’ימאל”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tel Yarmut and Tel Beit Shemesh.

Ruins
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Tel Yarmuth or Khirbet Yarmuk is an ancient Near East…

Archaeological site
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is a small archaeological tell north west of the modern city of . is situated 3 km north of Beit Jimal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zanoah and Beit Shemesh.

Village
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is a moshav in central .

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is a city in the Shfela region of , with a population of 119,000.

Village
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Yish'i is a moshav in central . is situated 3 km north of Beit Jimal.

Beit Jimal

Latitude
31.72486° or 31° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
34.97578° or 34° 58′ 33″ east
Elevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)
Open location code
8G3PPXFG+W8
Geo­Names ID
295522
Wiki­data ID
Q2776942
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Beit Jimal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحكمة”
  • Arabic: “بيت جمال”
  • Czech: “Klášter Bejt Džimal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت جمال”
  • Finnish: “Beit Jimal”
  • French: “Beit Jamal”
  • German: “Bet Dschemal”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’מאל”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’מל”
  • Persian: “بیت جمال”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Bajt Jimal”
  • Spanish: “Beit Jimal”
  • Turkish: “Beyt Cemal”

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