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ʿēn gedī עֵין גֶּ֫דִי ‘En-gedi’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿayin עַ֫יִן ‘eye / spring’ and gᵊdī גְּדִי ‘kid’
Roots: עין גדי

ʿēn gedī pr n loc
En-gedi = "fount of the kid"
1) a town in the wilderness of Judah on the western shore of the Dead Sea

Mentioned in Joshua 15:62 1 Samuel 24:2, 24:1 Ezekiel 47:10 Song of Songs 1:14 2 Chronicles 20:2

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