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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)

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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

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

Steven Erlanger reported from Jerusalem, Army Base Julis, Tel Aviv, and Beersheba to try to get a sense of Israel’s mood, four months into the war against Hamas.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2024

A tough old chap, too, is the thatcher, a man of infinite gossip, well acquainted with the genealogy of every farmer, and, indeed, of everybody from Dan to Beersheba, of the parish.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

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