H0882 H0882
Beeri; personal name meaning 'my well'
A personal name meaning 'my well,' borne by two individuals in Scripture: a Hittite who became Esau's father-in-law, and Hosea's father. The possessive form suggests either a theophoric meaning (Yahweh as 'my well/source') or simply a name derived from association with a well.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Two men bear this name: first, Beeri the Hittite, whose daughter Judith married Esau, causing 'grief of mind' to Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34); second, Beeri the father of the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1:1). The name's meaning 'my well' could reflect gratitude for water sources or, more likely, metaphorical use where God is viewed as one's source or well of life. The multilingual glosses simply transliterate (Beeri, Bééri), treating it as an opaque proper name. Notably, one Beeri was Hittite (non-Israelite), while the other fathered a major prophet, showing the name crossed ethnic boundaries. 2×
AR["بِئيري"]·ben["ও-বাসমতকে", "বেরির"]·DE["Beeris", "[בארי]"]·EN["Beeri"]·FR["Beeri", "Bééri"]·heb["בארי"]·HI["बएरी-की", "बेरी-का"]·ID["Beeri"]·IT["Beeri", "[בארי]"]·jav["Beeri", "Béèri"]·KO["브에리-의", "브에리의"]·PT["Be'eri", "Beeri"]·RU["Беэри"]·ES["Beeri"]·SW["Beeri"]·TR["Beeri'nin"]·urd["باری-کی", "بیری"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּאֵרִי n.pr.m. (my well). the man from Beer? Nesl.c.. 1. a Hittite, Esau’s father-in-law Gn 26:34. 2. Hosea’s father Ho 1:1.