Beersheba

American  

[beer-shee-buh, beer-shuh-, ber-she-vah] / bɪərˈʃi bə, ˈbɪər ʃə-, bɛrˈʃɛ vɑ /

noun

1. a city in Israel, near the N limit of the Negev desert: the southernmost city of ancient Palestine.

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idioms

1. from Dan to Beersheba.  Dan.

Beersheba British  

/ bɪəˈʃiːbə /

noun

1. a town in S Israel: commercial centre of the Negev. In biblical times it marked the southern limit of Palestine. Pop: 183 000 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Brit Shwartz, 28, came from the southern city of Beersheba “to protect our democracy.”

From Washington Post

Other protests took place in the cities of Jerusalem, Haifa and Beersheba.

From Washington Times

Uri Kinrot, a resident of Beersheba, a city in the southern Negev desert, came to the demonstration in Tel Aviv with his three young children.

From New York Times

Israeli police said they had arrested a motorist for endangering a group of demonstrators - who Lapid identified as supporters of his party - in the southern city of Beersheba by driving onto the sidewalk and halting right in front of them.

From Reuters

That appointment would spell “major disaster,” Amos Gilad, a former top Defense Ministry official, said at a news conference in Beersheba on Saturday.

From Washington Post