 | Beersheba, also Be'er Sheva (/bɪərˈʃiːbə/; Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע About this soundBe'er Sheva [be.eʁˈʃeva]), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth most populous Israeli city with a population of 207,551, and the second largest city with a total area of 117,500 dunams (after Jerusalem). The Biblical period references to Beersheva refer
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