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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Forum <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The meaning of Beersheba
  • Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:09:46 -0500

In my humble opinion BeerSheba באר שבע is BeerSepa באר שפע, 'the well of abundance, the well of effluence'. THe root שבע is a variant of the roots שפע and שוע, for the effluence of the pleading sound.

Isaac Fried, Boston University



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