Bᵉʼêrôth Bᵉnêy-Yaʻăqan — H885

H885 · Hebrew — בארת

Pronunciation: be-ay-roth' be-nay' yah-a-can'

Definition

locative proper noun

Beeroth-Bene-Jaakan, a place in the Desert

  1. Beeroth Bene-Jaakan or Beeroth = "wells" or "wells of the sons of Jaakan"
  2. an encampment for Israel in the wilderness probably in the country of the Horites

Usually translated as

Beeroth of the children of Jaakan

Origin

from the feminine plural of H875, and the plural contraction of H1121, and H3292; wells of (the) sons of Jaakan

Strong's Lexicon — B