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<p> A city in the mountains of [[Judah]] ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:50 </span> ). [[Derived]] from Ainain, "the two springs," perhaps at Khirbet el Jif, near Khirbet el Dilbeh, the site of Achsah's upper and lower springs (Conder, Pal. Expl.). </p>

 

<p> <strong> ANIM </strong> ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:60 </span> only). A town of Judah, in the mountains near Eshtemoh. It seems probable that it is the present double ruin of <em> Ghuwein </em> , west of Eshtemoh. </p>

<p> [[City]] of [[Judah]] in the mountains. <span> [[Joshua]] 15:50 </span> . [[Identified]] with <i> Ghuwein </i> 35 3' [[E]] 31 21' N . </p>

<p> <span> A'nim. </span> <span> (fountains). </span> A city in the mountains of Judah, named with [[Eshtemoh]] and Goshen. <span> [[Joshua]] 15:50 </span> . </p>

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_743" /> ==

<p> '''''ā´nim''''' ( <span> ענים </span> , <i> '''''‛ānı̄m''''' </i> , "springs"): [[One]] of the cities of the hill country of [[Judah]] mentioned immediately after [[Eshtemoa]] ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:50 </span> ). It is probably represented by the double ruin of <i> '''''el Ghuwein''''' </i> situated [[South]] of <i> '''''es Semu‛a''''' </i> . The surface remains are [[Byzantine]] - a [[Christian]] town called [[Anem]] was here in the 4th century, but it is clearly an ancient site of importance ( <i> PEF </i> , III, 408, Sh, Xxv ). </p>

<p> (Heb., Anim', <span> עָנִים </span> , <span> fountains; </span> comp. <span> AEnon; </span> Sept. <span> Ἀείμ </span> v. r. <span> Αἰσάμ </span> ) <span> , </span> a city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah, mentioned between Eshtemoah and [[Goshen]] ( <span> [[Joshua]] 15:50 </span> ), in the district southwest of [[Hebron]] (Keil, <span> Comment. </span> in loc.). [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] appear to call it <span> Ancea </span> ( <span> Ἀναιά </span> ) <span> , </span> and state that it was wholly inhabited by Jews, lying 9 [[Roman]] miles south of Hebron, near another village (with which the name likewise closely agrees) called <span> Ansema </span> ( <span> Ἀνσήμ </span> ), wholly inhabited by [[Christians]] ( <span> Onomast. </span> s.v. <span> Ἀνάμ </span> , Anab). Schwarz ( <span> Palest. </span> p. 105) says it is the modern village Ben-Enim, 2 [[English]] miles E.N.E. of Hebron, meaning probably Beit- Anim; but this is in a different direction, and is probably the ancient [[Bethanoth]] (q.v.). [[Van]] de Velde (Memoir, p. 285), although apparently wrong in thinking it may be the [[Levitical]] [[Ain]] ( <span> Joshua 21:16 </span> ), is probably correct in agreeing with the identification by Wilson ( <span> Lands of Bible, </span> 1. 354; 2:636) with the village <span> Ghuwein, </span> one hour south of Semoa, on the road from Hebron to Moladah; but unnecessarily supposes the Ain mentioned along with [[Rimmon]] (q.v.) in the "south" ( <span> Joshua 15:32 </span> ), and apportioned to [[Simeon]] ( <span> Joshua 19:7 </span> ), to have been a different one, as he is thus obliged to do. (See [[Ain]]). </p>

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