Baalath-Beer — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Place-name meaning “mistress” or “lady of the well.” Like the masculine counterpart Baal, Baalath often appears in a compound place-name. It seems to suggest that the Canaanite goddess Baalath, patron of Byblos, was associated with the particular place or well. Baalath-beer was the name of a town in Simeon’s tribe, also identified as Baal or Baalath (1 Chr 4:33), Ramah of the Negev (Jos 19:8), and Ramoth of the Negev (1 Sm 30:27). It may have marked the southern limits of Simeon’s inheritance.

Show passage in OET: CH1 4:33

OET-RV CH1 4:33

33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Ba’al. Those were their settlements, and they kept their genealogical records.

OET-LV CH1 4:33

33 And_all villages _of_their which were_around _of the_cities the_these to Baˊal this dwelling _places _of_was_their and_their _genealogical_enrolment to/for_them.

Show passage in OET: JOS 19:8

OET-RV JOS 19:8

8 and all the further villages around those cities as far as Ba’alat-Be’er (also called Ramah of the Negev). That was Shim’on’s descendants’ inheritance according to their clans.

OET-LV JOS 19:8

8 And_all the_villages which were_around _of the_cities the_these to Baˊₐlāth Bəʼēr Rāmāh Negeⱱ this was_the _inheritance _of the _tribe _of the _descendants _of Shimˊōn to_their_clans.

Show passage in OET: SA1 30:27

OET-RV SA1 30:27

27 Gifts were sent to: those in Beyt-El (Bethel), Ramot-Negev, Yatir,

OET-LV SA1 30:27

27 For_those_who in_house _of ^ʼēl and_for_those_who were_in_Ramoth _of the _Negeⱱ and_for_those_who were_in_Yattir/(Jattir).

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