Lexical Definition

‎בֶּרֶד‎ Bered (beh'red) Bered ^N:N--L
from ‎בָּרַד‎; hail

Bered.

• § Bered = "hail"
• Bered, the name of a place south of Palestine, also of an Israelite

n pr m
1) a son or descendant of Ephraim
n pr loc
2) a place in the south of Palestine, near Kadesh, near the well Lahairoi

Extended Information

• a place in the south of Palestine, near Kadesh, near the well Lahairoi

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּ֫רֶד‎

1. proper name, of a location ‎בָּ֑רֶד‎ Gen 16:14 near Kadesh.

2. proper name, masculine ‎בֶּ֫רֶד‎ an Ephraimite 1Chr 7:20.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Bered • Place near where Hagar encountered the Angel of the Lord.

Bered was a place near where Hagar encountered the Angel of the Lord when she fled from Sarah. (Genesis 16:14)

• A location near Kadesh-barnea קָדֵשׁ only mentioned at Gen.16.14;
• only referred to as Bered בֶּרֶד.
  

Bered is mentioned in Genesis 16:14 as a reference point for the location of the well where Hagar, Sarah's maidservant, encountered the Angel of the Lord. After fleeing from Sarah's harsh treatment, Hagar found herself in the wilderness, where the Angel of the Lord appeared to her near a spring of water. The Angel encouraged Hagar and instructed her to return to Sarah and submit to her authority. Hagar called the name of the Lord "You are the God who sees," and the well was named Beer-lahai-roi, meaning "the well of the Living One who sees me." The verse states that this well was located between Kadesh and Bered. The exact location of Bered is not specified in the Bible, but it was likely situated in the Negev region, south of Canaan.

All entries for Bered: בֶּרֶד