בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

Strong’s Definition

Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from H875 (בְּאֵר) and H7651 (שֶׁבַע) (in the sense of H7650 (שָׁבַע)); well of an oath;

KJV Usage

Beer-shebah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a city at the south edge of israel

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ; Pronunciation: be-ayr' sheh'-bah