BETH-EMEK bĕth e’ mĭk (Heb. בֵּ֥ית הָעֵ֖מֶק), a place name located in the boundaries and towns of Asher and mentioned only in Joshua 19:27, possibly the site of Tell-el-Mīmās about five m. NE of Acco. Various meanings have been suggested, prob. “house-of-the-low ground.”