I agree but I kinda like "seven beers" :)
Jack Kilmon
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From: "Isaac Fried" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:09 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "B-Hebrew Forum" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The meaning of Beersheba
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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