Genesis 21:31
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore hath he called that place ‘Beer-Sheba,’ for there have both of them sworn.

King James Bible
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Hebrew
So
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

that
הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

place
לַמָּק֥וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

was called
קָרָ֛א (qā·rā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Beersheba,
שָׁ֑בַע (šā·ḇa‘)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it was there
שָׁ֥ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

that the two
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem)
Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of them swore an oath.
נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ (niš·bə·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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