Midvash

בְּאֵר אֵלִיםBᵉʼêr ʼÊlîym

well, pit

Pronunciation: be-ayr' ay-leem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H879

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.

  • Isaiah 15:8 A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
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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).