H0881 H0881
Beeroth, a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin, meaning 'wells' and associated with the Hivite league.
A place name meaning 'wells,' identifying one of the four Gibeonite cities that secured a covenant with Israel by deception (Josh 9:17). Located in the territory of Benjamin (Josh 18:25), Beeroth is most memorably connected with Rechab and Baanah, the assassins of Ish-bosheth, who are identified as Beerothites in 2 Samuel 4:2. The city's inhabitants later appear in the post-exilic census lists of Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29, attesting to the community's continuity after the Babylonian exile.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper place name Beeroth (bĕʾērôt, 'wells'), a city of the Gibeonite-Hivite confederation allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. Joshua 9:17 lists it among the four Gibeonite cities that tricked Israel into a peace treaty. Joshua 18:25 places it in Benjamin's tribal allotment. In 2 Samuel 4:2 it is noted as the hometown of Rechab and Baanah. The post-exilic returns in Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29 show its residents among those who came back from Babylon. Multilingual glosses uniformly transliterate it (eng 'Beeroth,' spa 'Beerot,' fra 'Beeroth'), preserving its Semitic etymology related to wells or cisterns. 5×
AR["بَئِيرُوثَ", "وَ-بئيروتُ", "وَ-بَئيروتُ", "وَ-بِئِيرُوتَ", "وَبَئيروتَ"]·ben["আর-বেয়েরোতের", "এবং-বেয়েরোতের", "এবং-বেয়েরোৎ", "এবং-বেরোথ", "বেরোথ"]·DE["Beeroth", "[ובארות]", "und-Beerot", "und-Beeroth"]·EN["Beeroth", "and-Beerot", "and-Beeroth"]·FR["Beeroth", "[ובארות]", "et-Beerot", "et-Beeroth"]·heb["בארות", "ו-בארות"]·HI["और-बेरोत", "बेरोत"]·ID["Beerot", "dan-Beerot"]·IT["Beeroth", "[ובארות]", "e-Beerot", "e-Beeroth"]·jav["Béèrot", "lan-Beerot", "lan-Bèèrot", "lan-Béèrot"]·KO["그리고-브에롯", "그리고-브에롯과", "그리고-브에롯의", "브에롯이"]·PT["Be'erot", "e-Be'erot", "e-Beerot"]·RU["Беэрот", "и-Беерот", "и-Беерота", "и-Беэрот", "и-Беэрота"]·ES["Beerot", "y-Beerot"]·SW["Beerothi", "na-Beerothi"]·TR["Beerot", "ve-Beerot", "ve-Beerot'un", "ve-Beerotun"]·urd["اور-بئروت", "اور-بئروت-کے", "اور-بئیروت-کے", "اور-بیروت", "بیروت"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְאֵרוֹת 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.