out of which rescue is difficult Pr 23:27 ( || עֲמֻקָּה שׁוּחָה ). 3. as n.pr.loc.
a. c. ה — ָ loc. בְּאֵ˜רָה a station of Isr. in desert Nu 21:16 , possibly = בְּאֵר אֵילִים Is 15: 8. b. same form Ju 9:21 , according to Euseb. Lag Onom. 238, 2nd ed. 250 8 miles north of Eleutheropolis; cf. Rob ^{BR i. 452} who comp. el-Bîreh , near

Beth-shemesh.

בְּאֵר אֵילִים S 879 GK 935 v. בְּאֵר 3. a .

• בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי S 883 TWOT 194b GK 936 n.pr.loc. ( ^{lit. well of the living} One that seeth me ) Gn 16:14 (where explan., from story of Hagar) 24:62 ; 25:11 (all J ); perhaps name of ancient shrine or holy place, לַחַי perhaps orig. ^I. לְחִי Jaw (- bone ); on n.pr.loc. cpd. with לחי , γνάθος , v. Ö Ju 15:9 We ^{Prol. 344} Nes ^{Am. J.} Sem. Lang. xiii (1897), 176 . cf. Sta ^{ZAW ii, 347} & Di Gn 16:1 4; W . of Kadesh, cf. Jer sub Barad, Lag ^Onom. 101, 2nd ed. 135 , v. Rowlands in Williams Holy City, 489 Trumbull ^Kadesh- Barnea 64 .

• בְּאֵר שֶׁ˜בַע S 884 TWOT 194c GK 937 n.pr.loc. Beersheba ( ^{well of} seven , explained Gn 21:30 , 31 as place of swearing by seven lambs, or, well of oath , v. שְׁבֻעָה ; cf. same meaning otherwise derived 26:33 ) — בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Gn 26:33 + 13 times, בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע Jos 19: 2; בְּאֵר שָׁ˜בַע Gn 21:14 + 18 times; בְּאֵ˜רָה שֶׁבַע ( ה — ָ loc .) Gn 46:1 —south from Hebron, according to Onom. c. 20 miles Lag ^Onom. 103, 234, 2nd ed. 138, 248 ; mod. Bîr-es- Seba , 12 h. from Hebron Rob ^BR i. 204 f. Survey ^{iii. 394} Gn 21:1 4, 31 , 32 , 33 ; 22:19 ^(×2)

26:23 , 33 ; 28:10 ; 46:1 , 5 Jos 15:2 8; 19:2 Ju 20:1 1 S 3:2 0; 8:2 2 S 17:1 1; 24:7 1 K 19:3 2 K 12: 2; 23:8 Am 5:5 1 Ch 4:28 2 Ch 19: 4; 24:1 Ne 11:2 7, 30 ; in phrase מִדָּן וְעַד־׳ from Dan to Beersheba (i.e. all the territory of Israel, v. דָּן ) Am

n.pr.loc. nomen proprium loci, proper name of place. loc. local, locality.

Lag P. de Lagarde, Onomastica Sacra . Rob E. Robinson, Biblical Resarches. cpd. compound, compounded.

We J. Wellhousen, Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels . Nes E. Nestle.

Am. J. Sem. Lang. AJSL, q.v. Sta B. Stade.

ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft . Di A. Dillmann.

W W. Wright. Survey Survey of Western Palestine (PEF).