bʾr
Common Semitic noun *biʾr-, well, cistern.
1. Beersheba, from
Hebrew bəʾēr šebaʿ, well of oath, from
bəʾēr, well (
šebaʿ, oath; see
šbʿ).
2. Beirut, from
Arabic bayrūt, from Phoenician
*biʾrōt, plural of
*biʾr, well.
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Universalium.
2010.