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Beeroth-(bene-jaakan)

בְּאֵרוֹתStrong’s H1142

beerot (be-e-rot)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Beerot is the Hebrew word usually translated “jaakan”, “at bene-” and “from bene-”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.”
Numbers 33:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. Beeroth = "wells"
  2. § Bene-jaakan = "sons of twisting"
How it's translated
  • jaakan 2
  • at bene- 1
  • from bene- 1
  • bene- 1
  • yaaqan 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 2
  • Deuteronomy 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

בְּאֵרוֹת beerot · Beeroth-(bene-jaakan)

Beeroth = "wells" a Gibeonite city allotted to Benjamin Combined with be.ne ya.a.qan (בְּנֵי יַעֲקָ֑ן "Bene-jaakan" H1142)

בְּנֵי יַעֲקָ֑ן bene yaaqan · Bene-jaakan

§ Bene-jaakan = "sons of twisting" an Israelite place of encampment in the wilderness (same as be.e.rot be.ne-ya.a.qan (בְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן "Beeroth-bene-jaakan" H0885))

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.