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Beersheba

American

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

noun

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

idioms

from Dan to Beersheba. Dan.

Beersheba British

/ bɪəˈʃiːbə /

noun

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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Shortly before a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was due to take effect, residents in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba were woken early on Tuesday by the sound of missile alarms on their phones.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 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

The new guidelines bar U.S. government employees and their families from traveling to locations outside the Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Beersheba metropolitan areas “out of an abundance of caution” until further notice.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

They furnish what must have been a satisfactory origin of the names Edom, Moab and Ammon, Mahanaim and Succoth, Bethel, Beersheba, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

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