בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיBᵉʼêr la-Chay Rôʼîy
proper name [of a location]: perhaps name of ancient shrine or holy place (Judges 15:9; Genesis 16:14; Genesis 24:62; Genesis 25:11)
Pronunciation: be-ayr' lakh-ah'ee ro-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H883
Same root
- בְּאֵרbᵉʼêr · H875a pit; especially a well
- חַיchay · H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- רֹאֶהrôʼeh · H7203a seer (as often rendered); but also (abstractly) a vision
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 16:14 So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 24:62 Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.
- Genesis 25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
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).