בְּאֵרBᵉʼêr

well, pit

Pronunciation: be-ayr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H876

Meanings

1. a well (Genesis 21:25; Genesis 21:30; Genesis 26:15)

2. pit (Genesis 14:10; Psalms 55:24; Psalms 69:16)

3. as proper name [of a location]

b. elBîreh (Judges 9:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 21:16 From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”
  • Judges 9:21 Then Jotham escaped and lived in Beer because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).