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Usually spelled Beer Sheva; Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, romanized: Bəʾēr Šeḇaʿ, .mw- .mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label
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Others includes non-Arab Christians and those not classified by religion.
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