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Re: "Virsaviya"
[Genesis 21:31] Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.[Regum 3:20] And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that ...Therefore, Beersheba looks to be a place name. Its spelling in Slavonic/Russian is Virsavia indeed, following the new Greek pronunciation.
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Both the place and the woman are named Virsaviya in the Russian bible. I looked it up in an onlie Russian version on http://www.maranatha.org.ua/bible/index.php?book=-3&search=%E2%E8%F0%F1%E0%E2%E8%FF&Submit=%CD%E0%E9%F2%E8
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