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title: בְּאֵרוֹת — Beeroth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּאֵרוֹת (881), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Beeroth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּאֵרוֹת

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«בְּאֵרוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Beeroth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 881 · **BDB:** בְאֵרוֹת

### Glosses

Beeroth (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Beeroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/881/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/881/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (but only 2 S 4:2 according to Masorah, v. BD Ezr 2:25 elsewhere בְּאֵרֹת), city of the Gibeonites Jos 9:17; assigned to Benjamin 2 S 4:2 Jos 18:25; cf. also Ezr 2:25 Ne 7:29; mod. el-Bîreh RobBR i, 452 BdPal. 214 Surveyiii. 88.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּאֵרוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/881/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.25/)

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גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* Gibeon and (the) Ramah and Beeroth

*JPS 1917:* Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

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[Nehemiah 7:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.29/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֨י קִרְיַ֤ת יְעָרִים֙ קִרְיַ֤ת יְעָרִים֙ כְּפִירָ֣ה וּבְאֵר֔וֹת שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.men of Kiriath.Jearim Kephirah and Beeroth seven hundred(s) forty and three

*JPS 1917:* The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

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