Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

I agree but I kinda like "seven beers"  :)

Jack Kilmon

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From: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:09 AM
To: <jimstinehart AT aol.com>
Cc: "B-Hebrew Forum" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The meaning of Beersheba

> 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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