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

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

The hospital is near the city of Beersheba in southern Israel.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 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

After her release, Elma Avraham, 84, was airlifted to Soroka hospital in Beersheba in a serious condition.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

We have relatively little tradition Southern interests. from North Israel; Beersheba, Beer-lahai-roi and Hebron are more prominent than even Bethel or Shechem, while there are no stories of Gilgal, Shiloh or Dan.

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