Beersheba
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Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of 209,687, and the second-largest city.
In the Old Testament it is mentioned as a place and represented an idea of "well of the sevenfold oath" .
Amos 5: 5 But seek not Bethel[1], nor enter into Gilgal[2], and pass not to Beersheba[3]: for Gilgal[2] shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel[1] shall come to nought.
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba[3] liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 01008 בֵּית־אֵל Beyth-’El [bayth-ale’] from 01004 BeitYodTav said to be a preposition meaning to but commonly translated house or household or even family and 0410 AlefLamed meaning god, god-like one, mighty one; n pr loc; [BDB-110b] [{See TWOT on 241 @@ "241a" }] AV-Bethel 66, non translated variable 4; 70
- Bethel= "house of God" from two words
- 1) ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
- 2) a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 01537 גִּלְגָּל Gilgal [ghil-gawl’] the same as 01536 a wheel; a variation of 01534 something whirling or spinning like the heavens or the wind; 01556 a verb Gsmel LamedLamed to roll but also translate trust, commit, and wallow; n pr loc; [BDB-166a] [{See TWOT on 353 @@ "353j" }] AV-Gilgal 41; 41
- Gilgal= "a wheel, rolling"
- 1) the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship
- 2) dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel
- 3) a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 0884 בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bë’er Sheba‘ [be-ayr’ sheh’- bah] from 0875 a well and 07651 seven (in the sense of 07650 swear and oath); n pr loc; [BDB-92a] [{See TWOT on 194 @@ "194d" }] AV-Beersheba 34; 34
- Beer-sheba= "well of the sevenfold oath"
- 1) a city at the south edge of Israel