Be'er Sheva

a Pleiades name resource

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"Well of the seven-fold oath."

Romanized Name(s):
Be'er Sheva

Name as attested:

באר שבע

Language:
Hebrew (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Iron Age Southern Levant (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Gen 21:32

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details: