HebrewH5885Noun

עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ

en she.mesh

2Occurrences
H5885Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

from H5869 (עַיִן) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); fountain of the sun;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ En-shemesh = "fountain of the sun" a spring on the boundary of Judah on the south and Benjamin on the north

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2

Key Passages

Joshua 15:7BSB

Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

Joshua 18:17BSB

From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

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