Lexical Definition

‎בֵּרוֹתָה‎ Bêrôwthâh (bay-ro-thaw') Berothah ^N:N--L
or בֵּרֹתַי Bêrôthay (bayro-that'-ee); probably from ‎בְּרוֹת‎; cypress or cypresslike

Berothah, Berothai.

• § Berothah or Berothai = "cypress grove"
• Berothah or Berothai, a place north of Palestine

1) a place near Hamath
2) a city belonging to Hadadezer

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּרוֺ֫תָה‎ proper name, of a location near Hamath Ezek 47:16 (contracted from ‎בְּאֵרוֺתָה‎ ?), compare following; — hardly = Berytus (Beirût) with which form of name might agree see Steph. Byzant. and others in Movers^{Phen. ii. 1. 110 n.}; perhaps Bereit¹n near Baalbek, see Furrer^{ZPV viii. 34}.

‎בֵּרֹתַי‎ proper name, of a location belonging to Hadadezer of Zoba 2Sam 8:8 perhaps = foregoing.

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