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  • From: "Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>
  • To: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>, <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 22:34:55 -0600

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>
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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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