UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Name meanings: well of a vow; well of seven

Related lemmas: בְּאֵר · שׁבע · שֶׁבַע

Sense 1: Beersheba

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town; ◄ located in the Negeb, at the southern border of Judah; ► used esp. in combination with Dan at the northern border of Israel to refer to all Israel

Coordinates: 31.244952,34.840888

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:14

OET-RV GEN 21:14

14 Avraham got up early the next morning, and got some bread and a skin of water and helped Hagar put them on her shoulder. Then he gave her the child and sent her away, and she left and wandered in the wilderness around Be’er -Sheva (Beersheba).

OET-LV GEN 21:14

14 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _rose _early in_morning and_he/it _took food and_a _skin _of water and_he/it _gave to Hāgār placing on shoulder _of_her and_DOM the_boy and_he_sent _her _away and_she _went and_she _wandered in_the _wilderness _of Bəʼēr.

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:31

OET-RV GEN 21:31

31 So that’s why the place was named ‘Be’er -Sheva’ (Beersheba) (which means ‘Well of the seven’ or ‘Well of the oath’), because that’s where the two of them made their agreement.

OET-LV GEN 21:31