There are two biblical figures named Beeri. The etymology of Beeri (, ''Bə’êrî'') is given as "belonging to a fountain" by

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, but as "expounder" by the ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' and "well" according to the ''Holman Bible Dictionary''. According to the Book of Hosea, Beeri was the father of the

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Hosea. Jewish tradition says that he only uttered a few words of prophecy, and as they were insufficient to be embodied in a book by themselves, they were incorporated in the

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, viz., verses 19 and 20 of the 8th chapter. As such, Beeri is considered a prophet in

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. Beeri was sometimes identified with Beerah (1 Chronicles 5:6), who was taken into exile by the

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.''Babylonian Talmud'', tractate Peshahim 87b, and tractate Baba Batra 14b He is also considered holy by Muslims. The other Beeri was the father of Judith, one of the wives of

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( Genesis 26:34). A source of grief to her parents-in-law.

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