Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. A station of the Israelites when they drew near the Land, so called because of a well (which the word signifies) being sunk there, from which God gave them water. They sang—
“Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:
The princes digged the well,
The nobles of the people digged it
By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves.”
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
A well; declaring:―a halting place of the Israelites [BEEROTH], Num. 21:16. {Puteus}