be.rit is attested as the proper name in the designation “house of El-berith.”

The attested use is a proper name occurring in the designation of the “house of El-berith,” the stronghold entered by the masters of the tower of Shechem in Judges 9:46.

1. Proper name in a house designation · dominant

   In Judges 9:46, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the designation of the house to whose stronghold the masters of the tower of Shechem came. The APB renders the clause “came to the stronghold of the house of El-berith.”

   Judges 9:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 9:46, the APB presents the name in “the house of El-berith”; It does not isolate the lemma's contribution beyond that designation.