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<p> '''''en''''' -'''''gan´im''''' ( עין גּנּים , <i> '''''‛ēn gannı̄m''''' </i> , "spring of gardens"): </p> <p> (1) A town in the territory of Judah, named with [[Zanoah]] and [[Eshtaol]] ( Joshua 15:34 ). It is probably identical with the modern <i> '''''Umm Jı̄na''''' </i> , South of <i> '''''Wady eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣarār''''' </i> , not far from Zanoah ( <i> '''''Zanū‛a''''' </i> ). </p> <p> (2) A town in the lot of Isaachat ( Joshua 19:21 ), assigned to the [[Gershonite]] [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:29 ). In 1 Chronicles 6:73 it is replaced by Anem. It probably corresponds to the Ginnea of [[Josephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , XX, vi, 1; <i> BJ </i> , III, iii, 4), and may certainly be identified with the modern <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> , a prosperous village on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, with beautiful gardens, fruitful orchards and plentiful supplies of water from the local springs. </p> | <p> '''''en''''' -'''''gan´im''''' ( עין גּנּים , <i> '''''‛ēn gannı̄m''''' </i> , "spring of gardens"): </p> <p> (1) A town in the territory of Judah, named with [[Zanoah]] and [[Eshtaol]] ( Joshua 15:34 ). It is probably identical with the modern <i> '''''Umm Jı̄na''''' </i> , South of <i> '''''Wady eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣarār''''' </i> , not far from Zanoah ( <i> '''''Zanū‛a''''' </i> ). </p> <p> (2) A town in the lot of Isaachat ( Joshua 19:21 ), assigned to the [[Gershonite]] [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:29 ). In 1 Chronicles 6:73 it is replaced by Anem. It probably corresponds to the Ginnea of [[Josephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , XX, vi, 1; <i> BJ </i> , III, iii, 4), and may certainly be identified with the modern <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> , a prosperous village on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, with beautiful gardens, fruitful orchards and plentiful supplies of water from the local springs. </p> | ||
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en -gan´im ( עין גּנּים , ‛ēn gannı̄m , "spring of gardens"):
(1) A town in the territory of Judah, named with Zanoah and Eshtaol ( Joshua 15:34 ). It is probably identical with the modern Umm Jı̄na , South of Wady eṣ - Ṣarār , not far from Zanoah ( Zanū‛a ).
(2) A town in the lot of Isaachat ( Joshua 19:21 ), assigned to the Gershonite Levites ( Joshua 21:29 ). In 1 Chronicles 6:73 it is replaced by Anem. It probably corresponds to the Ginnea of Josephus ( Ant. , XX, vi, 1; BJ , III, iii, 4), and may certainly be identified with the modern Jenı̄n , a prosperous village on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, with beautiful gardens, fruitful orchards and plentiful supplies of water from the local springs.
