Difference between revisions of "Beer-Elim"

<p> (Heb. Beer'E'im', בְּאֵר אֵלִים, ''Well Of Heroes;'' Sept. τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ Αἰλείμ; Vulg. ''Puteus Elim'' )'','' a spot named in &nbsp;Isaiah 15:8, as on the "border of Moab," apparently the south, [[Eglaim]] being at the north end of the [[Dead]] Sea. The name points to the well dug by the chiefs of Israel on their approach to the promised land, close by the "border of Moab" (&nbsp;Numbers 21:16; comp. &nbsp;Numbers 21:13), and such is the suggestion of [[Gesenius]] (''Jesaia.'' p. 533). (See [[Beer]]) simply. Beer-Elim was probably chosen by the prophet out of other places on the boundary on account of the similarity between the sound of the name and that of יְלָלָה — the "howling," which was to reach even to that remote point (Ewald, ''Proph.'' p. 233). </p>

<p> '''''bē''''' -'''''ẽr''''' -'''''ē´lim''''' ( בּאר אלים , <i> '''''be'ēr 'ēlı̄m''''' </i> ; φρέαρ τοῦ Ἀιλείμ , <i> '''''phréar toú Aileı́m''''' </i> , literally "well of Elim"): Probably lay to the North of Moab, answering to Eglaim in the South (&nbsp;Isaiah 15:8 ). It may possibly be identical with Beer (1); but there is no certainty. </p>