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Genesis 16:14

עַל כֵּן קָרָא לַ בְּאֵר בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי הִנֵּה בֵין קָדֵשׁ וּ בֵין בָּרֶד
Upon an upright he has called-out to the Well, Well for the Living-one of Sight, behold between Holy and Hail.612
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Hebrew Beer-lahai-roi. This well is the “eye-spring of the dual-waters in the wilderness” mentioned in verse 7. Kadesh means holy, clean, pure, or consecrated and Bered (#1260) is from the root barad, meaning to hail (ice). See Exodus 9:18-34, 10:1-15.