Lexical Definition

‎בֵּרִי‎ Bêrîy (bay-ree') Bichrites ^N:N--PG
of uncertain derivation

Berites.

• § Berites = "my well: of the well"
• (only in the plural and with the article) the Berites, a place in Palestine

1) a tribe who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine

Extended Information

group of: בִּכְרִי

• People descended from Beri, a man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.1
• father of: Sheba (שֶׁבַע)
• Group of bikh.ri (‎ב‎ִּ‎כ‎ְ‎ר‎ִ‎י‎ "Bichri" בִּכְרִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּרִים‎ 2Sam 20:14 obscure, many after ᵑ9 read ‎בַּחֻרִים‎; Klo prefers ‎חַבִּכְּרִים‎ after ᵐ5 & so Dr. ‎בְּרִית‎ see below II. ‎ברה‎; see also ‎אֵל‎

3. ‎בַּעַל‎

4.

‎בֹּרִית‎ see below ‎ברר‎.

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