HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H883
בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי
be.er la.chay ro.i — Beer-lahai-roi
§ Beer-lahai-roi = "well of the Living One seeing me" a well west of Kadesh, south of Israel
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Beer-lahai-roi
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
I.e., “the well of him that liveth and seeth me,” or, as some render it, “the well of the vision of life”, the well where the Lord met with Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 25:11). It has been identified with ‘Ain Muweileh, or Moilahhi, south-west of Beersheba, and about 12 miles W. from Kadesh-barnea.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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