Beer-sheba area
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The Beer-sheba area is a biblical region in the southern Levant, centered around the ancient city of Beersheba and associated with early Israelite settlement and tribal territories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beer-sheba area canonical | 1 |
| Beersheba area | 1 |
| Beersheba region | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical region
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod | Iron Age fortified town at Tel Beersheba ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Beersheba
ⓘ
surface form:
Tel Beersheba
|
| associatedTribe |
Tribe of Judah
ⓘ
Tribe of Reuben ⓘ Tribe of Simeon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early Israelite settlement
ⓘ
tribal territories ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
covenant between Abraham and Abimelech at Beersheba
ⓘ
well-digging disputes in Genesis ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Abraham
ⓘ
Isaac ⓘ Jacob ⓘ |
| biblicalFormula | from Dan to Beersheba ⓘ |
| boundaryFunction | marks southern extent of united monarchy in some traditions ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Beersheba ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
pasturelands
ⓘ
semi-arid landscapes ⓘ wells ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Israelite culture ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture (dry farming and irrigation)
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| function | southern boundary marker of Israel in biblical texts ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalReference |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Books of Kings ⓘ Books of Samuel ⓘ |
| hasCentralCity | Beersheba ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew Bible context ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Negev desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Negev region
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
southern Levant
|
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| modernCountry |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| modernRegion |
Southern District, Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern District of Israel
|
| neighboringRegion |
Judean Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Judean hill country
Coastal Plain of Israel ⓘ
surface form:
Philistine plain
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient land of Israel ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
cultic center in early Israelite religion
ⓘ
site of oath-taking and covenants in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
border zone between settled highlands and desert
ⓘ
gateway to the Negev and Sinai ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age Levant
ⓘ
patriarchal period (biblical narrative) ⓘ |
| waterSources | wells and seasonal wadis ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beersheba area
this entity surface form:
Beersheba region