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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Beersheba

Israel's Army Radio cited a security source as saying that Abu Shabab had died of his wounds after being evacuated to Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

One video showed several members of his family running through the grounds of the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba to be reunited with him.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024

Demonstrations also broke out in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

But there was no sense that a crisis had been averted outside the pediatric intensive care unit at Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel’s city of Beersheba.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

Abraham planted the trees at Beersheba, and dug wells; he defended Canaan against Kedor-Laomer, and recovered from the kings of the east the booty taken, without keeping back any for himself.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker