Beer-elim — the meaning of the Hebrew name בְּאֵר אֵלִים

בְּאֵר אֵלִים

Bᵉʼêr ʼÊlîym · pronounced be-ayr' ay-leem' · Strong's H879 · a place

Beer-elim means well of heroes.

Built from

בְּאֵר bᵉʼêr (from, H875) — a pit open in the lexicon ›

אֵל ʼêl (the plural of, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

from H875 and the plural of H410; well of heroes; Beer-Elim, a place in the Desert.

Isa 15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Isaiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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