Re: [b-hebrew] The meaning of Beersheba

[Isaac Fried]

In my humble opinion BeerSheba באר שבע is BeerSepa באר  
שפע, 'the well of abundance, the well of effluence'. THe root  
שבע is a variant of the roots שפע and שוע, for the effluence  
of the pleading sound.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
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