Beit Jimal
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: place
- Also known as: “Beit Gemal”, “Beit Jemal”, “Beit Jimāl”, “Beit Jimal Monastery”, and “Beit-Jamal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Yarmut and Khirbet Qeiyafa.
Tel Yarmut
Ruins
Photo: Shelly Eshkoli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tel Yarmuth or Khirbet Yarmuk is an ancient Near East archaeological site in Israel located 25 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem and near modern Beit Shemesh.
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Archaeological site
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Khirbet Qeiyafa, also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa, is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the Valley of Elah and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE. Khirbet Qeiyafa is situated 3½ km southwest of Beit Jimal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zanoah and Beit Shemesh.
Zanoah
Village
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Zanoah is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515.
Beit Shemesh
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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.
Yish’i
Village
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
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. Yish’i is situated 3 km north of Beit Jimal.
Beit Jimal
- Categories: winery and village
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- French: “Kafar Gamla”
- French: “Kfar Gamla”
- German: “Bet Dschemal”
- Hebrew: “בית ג’ימאל”
- 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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