bʔr / Semitic roots

bʔr

Common Semitic noun *biʔr-, well, cistern.

1. Beersheba, from Hebrew bəʔēr šebaʕ, well of oath, from bəʔēr, well (šebaʕ, oath; see šbʕ).
2. Beirut, from Arabic bayrūt, from Phoenician *biʔrōt, plural of *biʔr, well.

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