Bereshis 26:33

33 And he called it Shevah (Seven, Oath): therefore the shem of the Ir is Beer-Sheva unto this day.

Bereshis 26:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:33

And he called it Sheba
Which, according to Jerom, signifies "fulness", as if it had its name from the abundance of water in it; but rather it signifies an "oath", and was so called from the oath, which he and Abimelech had just took to one another; and these circumstances meeting together, the taking of the oath, and the account of the well, therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day;
that is, the well of the oath: it had been so called by Abraham an hundred years ago or more; but now upon this occasion it was renewed and confirmed, and so continued until the times of Moses, and many ages after.

Bereshis 26:33 In-Context

31 And they rose up early in the boker, and swore one to another: and Yitzchak sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom.

32 And it came to pass the same day, that the avdei Yitzchak came, and told him concerning the be’er which they had dug, and said unto him, We have found mayim.

33 And he called it Shevah (Seven, Oath): therefore the shem of the Ir is Beer-Sheva unto this day.

34 And Esav was arba’im shanah when he took to wife Yehudit the bat Beeri the Chitti, and Basemat the bat Elon the Chitti:

35 and they were a morat ruach (grief of mind) unto Yitzchak and Rivkah.