| Bayt ʽIdhaqah | |
| Native Name: | بيت عذاقة |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Yemen |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Amran |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maswar |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 15.6158°N 43.7023°W[1] |
| Elevation M: | 2575 |
Bayt ʽIdhaqah (ar|بيت عذاقة) is a large village in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Maswar District.[1] [2] It is the district's largest village and its principal market, with a souk meeting on Thursdays.[2]
According to the 10th-century writer Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Bayt ‘Idhaqah is named after ‘Udhāqah b. Maswar b. ‘Amr b. Ma‘dī Karib al-Shammarī,[2] of the tribe of Himyar.[3] Many surrounding locations are said to derive their names from relatives of ‘Idhaqah.[2] Robert T.O. Wilson spelled the name as Bayt ‘Udhaqah,[3] but the name is "today universally pronounced ‘Idhaqah."[2]
Although the name is mentioned by al-Hamdani in the 10th century, Bayt ‘Idhaqah does not seem to have become a major settlement until the early modern period; it is not mentioned in other historical sources until the early 1600s.[3] the jews in bayt idhaqah was important community. in the 20th century was Rabbi Israel Ozeri (in Hebrew ישראל עוזרי https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%99) chief judge for jews and arabs.