beulah
/ˈbjuːlə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Hebrew.
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A village, the county seat of Benzie County, Michigan.
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A town in Mississippi.
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A city in North Dakota.
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A village in Ceredigion, Wales.
Example Sentences
- "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married."
- "I was into names then for some reason, and hit upon the name Beulah. When I was a child it was a name like Bertha, and you made a joke about Beulah, Big Beulah. I thought, wouldn't it be nice to use the name Beulah and try to get it in a poem."
Etymology
A biblical name applied to the land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4, from Biblical Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bəʿûlâ, “married (woman)”), taken up as a given name by Puritans and used figuratively for the New Earth.
Word Breakdown
- Root: בְּעוּלָה