שְׁאָן

שְׁאָן, בֵּית שְׁ׳(b. h.) pr. n. pl. Bethshean (Scythopolis), in Galilee. Ḥull.6b והתיר רבי את ב׳ ש׳ כולה Rabbi permitted the entire territory of Bethshean (permitted its fruits to be eaten without tithes, it being considered foreign territory). Y.Kidd.II, 62c bot. כלי פשתן … מב׳ ש׳ the finer linen garments that come from B.; Y.Keth.VII, 31c בית שָׁן; Koh. R. to I, 18. Gen. R. s. 98 תהום ב׳ ש׳וכ׳ the district of B. is named Kinnereth; a. fr.V. בֵּישַׁן.