בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע proper name, of a location Beersheba (well of seven, explained 1 Mos 21,30; 1 Mos 21,31 as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath, see שְׁבֻעָה; compare same meaning otherwise derived 1 Mos 26,33) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע 1 Mos 26,33 + 13 t., בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבַע Jos 19,2 בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע 1 Mos 21,14 + 18 t.; בְּאֵ֫רָה שֶׁבַע (ָ  ה locative) 1 Mos 46,1 — south from Hebron, according to Onomasticon approximately 20 miles Lag^{Onom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248}; modern Bîr-es-Seba, 12 hours from Hebron Rob^{BR i. 204 f.} Survey^{iii. 394} 1 Mos 21,14; 1 Mos 21,31; 1 Mos 21,32; 1 Mos 21,33; 1 Mos 22,19 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 26,23; 1 Mos 26,33; 1 Mos 28,10; 1 Mos 46,1; 1 Mos 46,5; Jos 15,28; Jos 19,2; Dom 20,1; 1 Sam 3,20; 1 Sam 8,2; 2 Sam 17,11; 2 Sam 24,7; 1 Kong 19,3; 2 Kong 12,2; 2 Kong 23,8; 2 Kong 1,28; 2 Kong 2,4; 2 Kong 24,1; in phrase ׳מִדָּן וְעַדבּֿ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, see דָּן) Amos 8,14; Dom 20,1; 1 Sam 3,20; 2 Sam 3,10; 2 Sam 17,11; 2 Sam 24,2; 2 Sam 24,15; 1 Kong 5,5, & (only Chronicles) מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן from Beersheba to Dan 1 Kron 21,2; 2 Kron 30,5.