(Heb. Borhas-Sirah',
áּåø äִñַּéøָä
8, cistern of the Sirah; Sept. translates
öñÝáñ ôïῦ ÓåéñÜì
), a place in the southern part of Palestine, where Joab's messengers found Abner (2Sa_3:26, where our version renders "well of Sirah"), probably the same as Besira (
Âçóßñá
) of Josephus (Ant. 7:1, 5), twenty stadia from Hebron. SEE SIRAH.