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Enaim — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֵינַיִם

עֵינַיִם

ʻÊynayim · pronounced ay-nah'-yim · Strong's H5879 · a place

Enaim means double fountain.

Built from

עַיִן ʻayin (dual of, H5869) — an eye (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or עֵינָם; dual of H5869; double fountain; Enajim or Enam, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Gen 38:14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (KJV)

Every verse that names Enaim

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Genesis, Joshua

Gen 38:14Gen 38:21Josh 15:34

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