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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