Bashshit
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The tomb of Neby Shit ("prophet Seth")
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| Arabic | بشيت |
| Name meaning | "House of Seth" |
| Also spelled | Beshshit, "Beit Shit" (="House of Seth") |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°49′27″N 34°44′48″E / 31.82417°N 34.74667°ECoordinates: 31°49′27″N 34°44′48″E / 31.82417°N 34.74667°E |
| Palestine grid | 126/136 |
| Population | 1,620 (1945) |
| Area | 18,553 dunams 18.6 km² |
| Date of depopulation | May 13, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Neve Mivtah, Meshar, Kfar Mordechai, Misgav Dov, Kannot, Shedema, and Aseret. |
Bashshit (Arabic: بشيت), also Beshshit, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 16.5 kilometers (10.3 mi) southwest of Ramla about half a mile from wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Early Islamic period and 12th and 13th centuries. Mentioned by Arab geographers from the 13th century onward, there was a tomb for the Neby Shit ("prophet Seth") in the village.
Like much the rest of Palestine, Bashshit was ruled by the Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottomans and the British. It was depopulated at the beginning of the 1948 Palestine war during Operation Barak. Along with the villages of Barqa, Bayt Daras, al-Batani al-Sharqi, and al-Maghar, among others, Bashshit was attacked by Haganah's Givati Brigade. Following its depopulation, Bashshit was mostly destroyed. There are seven Israeli localities now situated on what were the village lands.
According to the Palestine Exploration Fund, Beshshit stands for Beit Shit, meaning "house of Seth. The tomb of Neby Shit ("prophet Seth") was in Bashshit, and other sanctuaries for him in the region included one in Samaria (Haram en Neby Shit), as well as Al-Nabi Shayth further north in Lebanon. The tomb lies within a triple-domed mosque of the same name located on the side of a hill that lay in the center of the former village.
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