{"def":{"lit":"house of dates, house of misery","short":"date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine","long":["a village at the Mount of Olives, about two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, on or near the normal road to Jericho","a town or village on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptising"]},"deriv":"of Chaldee origin","pronun":{"ipa":"βe.θɑˈni.ɑ","ipa_mod":"ve̞.θɑˈni.ɑ","sbl":"bēthania","dic":"vay-tha-NEE-ah","dic_mod":"vay-tha-NEE-ah"}}