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- bɔrDefinition: Common Semitic noun *biɔr-, well, cistern. 1. Beersheba, from Hebrew bǝɔēr šebac, well of oath, from bǝɔēr, well (šebac, oath; see šb). 2. Beirut, from Arabic bayrūt, from Phoenician *biɔrōt, plural of *biɔr, well.
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