Al-Nabi Shayth

Al-Nabi Shayth
ٱلنَّبِي شَيْت
ٱلنَّبِي شِيْت
Nabi Chit
Village
Mosque of the Prophet Seth in the village of the same name
Mosque of the Prophet Seth in the village of the same name
Al-Nabi Shayth is located in Lebanon
Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth
Location in Lebanon
Al-Nabi Shayth is located in Middle East
Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth (Middle East)
Al-Nabi Shayth is located in Asia
Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth
Al-Nabi Shayth (Asia)
Coordinates: 33°52′20″N 36°06′46″E / 33.87222°N 36.11278°E / 33.87222; 36.11278
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBaalbek-Hermel
DistrictBaalbek[1]
Elevation
4,000 ft (1,220 m)

Al-Nabi Shayth (Arabic: ٱلنَّبِي شَيْت, romanizedAn-Nabī Shayth, lit. Prophet Seth) is a village in eastern Lebanon, located in the Beqaa Valley[2] and Baalbek District.[1] The village's name comes from the considered burial-site of Seth the son of Adam. A mosque was built on the burial site and it contains the grave of Seth inside the mosque (a rival tradition placed Seth's tomb in the Palestinian village of Bashsheet, and likewise in the Iraqi city of Mosul).[3] The village is also the hometown of former leader and co-founder of Hezbollah, Abbas al-Musawi, as well as the hometown of other senior Hezbollah leaders such as the late Fuad Shukr. The village of Al-Nabi Sheeth is predominantly inhabited by people with the surnames Helbawi, Al-Moussawi, Hazimeh and Chokr.[4]

  1. ^ a b Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea : a journal of travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3 (2nd appendix). Boston, the U.S.A.: Crocker & Brewster. p. 145.
  2. ^ Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 422. OCLC 1004386.
  3. ^ "ISIS destroys Prophet Sheth shrine in Mosul". Al Arabiya News. 2014-07-26.
  4. ^ "أسماء العائلات في بلدة النبي شيت، قضاء بعلبك، محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-06-26.