בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba (well of seven, explained [Gen 21:30]; [Gen 21:31] as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived [Gen 26:33]) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע [Gen 26:33] + 13 t., בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע [Josh 19:2] בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע [Gen 21:14] + 18 t.; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ ה locative) [Gen 46:1] — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles LagOnom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248; modern Bîr-es-Seba, 12 hours from Hebron RobBR i. 204 f. Surveyiii. 394 [Gen 21:14]; [Gen 21:31]; [Gen 21:32]; [Gen 21:33]; [Gen 22:19] (twice in verse); [Gen 26:23]; [Gen 26:33]; [Gen 28:10]; [Gen 46:1]; [Gen 46:5]; [Josh 15:28]; [Josh 19:2]; [Judg 20:1]; [1Sam 3:20]; [1Sam 8:2]; [2Sam 17:11]; [2Sam 24:7]; [1Kgs 19:3]; [2Kgs 12:2]; [2Kgs 23:8]; [2Kgs 1:28]; [2Kgs 2:4]; [2Kgs 24:1]; in phrase ׳מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) [Amos 8:14]; [Judg 20:1]; [1Sam 3:20]; [2Sam 3:10]; [2Sam 17:11]; [2Sam 24:2]; [2Sam 24:15]; [1Kgs 5:5], & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan [1Chr 21:2]; [2Chr 30:5].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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