Targum for Genesis 26:33
וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ (ס)
And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Targum Jonathan on Genesis
and he called it Sheba (the Swearing); therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
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