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Lexicon :: Strong's H5885 - ʿên šemeš

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עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ
Transliteration
ʿên šemeš
Pronunciation
ane sheh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: עין שמש.

Strong’s Definitions

עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ ʻÊyn Shemesh, ane sheh'-mesh; from H5869 and H8121; fountain of the sun; En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Enshemesh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5885 in the following manner: Enshemesh (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5885 in the following manner: Enshemesh (2x).

  1. En-shemesh = "fountain of the sun"

    1. a spring on the boundary of Judah on the south and Benjamin on the north

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ ʻÊyn Shemesh, ane sheh'-mesh; from H5869 and H8121; fountain of the sun; En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine:—Enshemesh.
STRONGS H5885: Abbreviations
†עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ proper name, of a location on border between Judah Joshua 15:7 (πηγῆς ἡλίου) and Benjamin Joshua 18:17 (πηγὴν βαιθσαμυς, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) [πη]γὴν Σαμες); conjectures in BuhlGeogr. 98.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:7; 18:17

H5885

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Strong's Number H5885 matches the Hebrew עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ (ʿên šemeš),
which occurs 4 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - and the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adum'mim, which is on the south side of the valley; and the boundary passes along to the waters of En-she'mesh, and ends at En-ro'gel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-she'mesh, and thence goes to Geli'loth, which is opposite the ascent of Adum'mim; then it goes down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
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