Mentioned by Arab geographers from the 13th century onward, there was a tomb for the Neby Shayt ("prophet Seth") in the village.

Along with the villages of Barqa, Bayt Daras, al-Batani al-Sharqi, and al-Maghar, among others, Bashshayt was attacked by Haganah's Givati Brigade.

According to the Palestine Exploration Fund, Beshshayt stands for Beit Shayt, meaning "house of Seth.

[8] 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.

It is documented in the writings of Yaqut al-Hamawi (died 1228) who mentioned it in his Mu'jam, describing its proximity to al-Ramla.

[19] Between August and October 1942 the Anders' Army ran its Junacka Szkoła Kadetów (JSK), a Young Soldiers Batalion, in Bashshit, before it moved to Qastina.

[23] Today, there are seven Israeli settlements on the village land, including Newe Mivtach, Meshar, Kfar Mordechai, Misgav Dov, Kannot, Shedema, and Aseret.

[10] Various sized kurkar stones were discovered 0.9 m below the surface, pottery fragments from the Early Islamic period and a few animal bones.

[10] Numerous potsherds were excavated also dating to the 12th–13th centuries CE, including the foot of a clay box lined with chalk and decorated with a geometric pattern and the remains of a plaster floor.