HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H879
בְּאֵר אֵילִים
be.er e.lim — Beer-elim
§ Beer-elim = "well of God" a well in the south of Moab
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Beer-elim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where the chiefs of Israel dug a well (Num. 21:16; Isa. 15:8).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.