HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H881
בְּאֵרוֹת
be.e.rot — Beeroth
§ Beeroth = "wells" a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin
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Beeroth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1307
בֵּרֹתִי
be.ro.ti — Beeroth
Berothite = "my wells" an inhabitant of Berothah Another spelling of be.e.rot (בְּאֵרוֹת "Beeroth" H0881)
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בְּאֵרֹתִי
be.e.ro.ti — Beerothite
Group of be.e.rot (בְּאֵרוֹת "Beeroth" H0881) § Beerothite = "wells" an inhabitant of Beeroth (in Benjamin)
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בְּנֵי יַעֲקָ֑ן
be.ne ya.a.qan — Bene-jaakan
§ Bene-jaakan = "sons of twisting" an Israelite place of encampment in the wilderness (same as be.e.rot be.ne-ya.a.qan (בְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן "Beeroth-bene-jaakan" H0885))
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בְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן
be.e.rot be.ne-ya.a.qan — Beeroth-bene-jaakan
Beeroth Bene-Jaakan or Beeroth = "wells" or "wells of the sons of Jaakan" an encampment for Israel in the wilderness probably in the country of the Horites
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Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.