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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.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After the strike, Israeli medics and military personnel rushed to Beersheba to rescue survivors and recover remains.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

Most of his treatment, he said, took place at a field hospital at Sde Teiman barracks, an IDF base near Beersheba in southern Israel.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

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 Duncker, Max

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