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ʿēn šemeš עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ ‘En-shemesh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿayin עַ֫יִן ‘eye / spring’ and šemeš שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ ‘sun’
Roots: עין שׁמשׁ

ʿēn šemeš pr n loc
En-shemesh = "fountain of the sun"
1) a spring on the boundary of Judah on the south and Benjamin on the north

Mentioned in Joshua 18:17, 15:7

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