ba.a.lat be.er is a proper name marking the boundary point reached by villages in Simeon’s inheritance.

ba.a.lat be.er is attested as a proper name in a boundary description: the surrounding villages extend as far as this place within Simeon’s inheritance in Joshua 19:8.

1. Proper name in a territorial boundary notice · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in Joshua 19:8, where it marks the point as far as which the villages surrounding the cities extended. In Joshua 19:8 the APB renders the clause “extended as far as Baalath-beer and Ramah of the Negeb.”

   Joshua 19:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 19:8, the APB presents the name in the boundary clause as “Baalath-beer.” It confirms the place-name setting rather than supplying a lexical definition.