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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Beersheba


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Beersheba is the name of the well at which Hagar meets the Angel of YHWH for the second time (the first time is at Beer lahai roi. Beersheba is also the location where Jacob, Isaac and Elijah meet God.
The place is called Beersheba because Abraham and Abimelech took an oath there (Gen 21:31).

The name Beersheba is a compound of two elements. The first section is the word baar (ba'ar 194) declare make plain, with as derivative baar (be'er), well, pit. The second section is the verb shaba (shaba 2319) meaning swear, adjure.

Beersheba means Well Of The Oath.

Related names are Sheba (II) and Elizabeth.



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