How to Pronounce Bezer
BEH-zer
Bezer is pronounced BEH-zer (ˈbiːzə): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: BEE-zuhr.
What does Bezer mean?
Bezer means “fortress” (Hebrew).
Where was Bezer?
Bezer was a city east of the Jordan, set apart in the wilderness in the plain country of the Reubenites alongside Ramoth in Gilead and Golan in Bashan (Deuteronomy 4:43). Joshua records it assigned out of the tribe of Reuben among the cities where a slayer could flee (Joshua 20:8), and it was later given to the Levites with her suburbs (Joshua 21:36, 1 Chronicles 6:78). A man of the same name, a son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher, is listed in 1 Chronicles 7:37.
Also pronounced
BEE-zuhr
Other names from Deuteronomy
In other languages
Hear the Book of Deuteronomy read aloud
The full book, narrated over an ambient score. Free on your platform.