Etymology

Beersheba

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Today it means: A city in Israel. Full definition →

Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
  2. English todayBeersheba

From Hebrew בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (b'ér shéva, literally “well of [the] seven; well of [the] oath”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.