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Lexicon :: Strong's H5879 - ʿênayim

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עֵינַיִם
Transliteration
ʿênayim
Pronunciation
ay-nah'-yim
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עינים (Strongs and Gesenius) עינם (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

עֵינַיִם ʻÊynayim, ay-nah'-yim; or עֵינָם ʻÊynâm; dual of H5869; double fountain; Enajim or Enam, a place in Palestine:—Enaim, openly (Genesis 38:21).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5879 in the following manner: Enam (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5879 in the following manner: Enam (1x).

  1. Enam = "double spring"

    1. a city in the lowlands of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵינַיִם ʻÊynayim, ay-nah'-yim; or עֵינָם ʻÊynâm; dual of H5869; double fountain; Enajim or Enam, a place in Palestine:—Enaim, openly (Genesis 38:21).
STRONGS H5879: Abbreviations
† עֵינַ֫יִם proper name, of a location (on form see Ges§ 88 c); — Genesis 38:14, 21 (J), Αιναν—

† עֵינָם proper name, of a location in the Shephelah of Judah, חָע׳ Joshua 15:34 (Μαιανει, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ηναειμ) = עֵנַיִם above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:14; 38:21

Joshua

15:34

H5879

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5879 matches the Hebrew עֵינַיִם (ʿênayim),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - she took off her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute[fn] who was at Enaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:34 - Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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