Hebrew word · H882

בְּאֵרִי

be'eri

Beeri

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.26.34; married to Anah (H6034);

father of: Judith (H3067)

§ Beeri = "my well"

1) Esau's Hittite father-in-law

2) father of Hosea

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 26:34 בְּאֵרִ֖י Beeri

    When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

    Here: Probably 'of the well' or 'my well'. It fits a chapter full of well-digging and well disputes (26:15–33). The same name belongs to Hosea's father (Hos 1:1).

Hosea · 1

  1. Hosea 1:1 בְּאֵרִ֔י Beeri

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

    Here: Hosea's father, otherwise unknown. The name probably comes from beʾer, 'well', so roughly 'my well' or 'man of the well'.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.