Difference between revisions of "Anim"

<p> (Heb., Anim', '''''עָנִים''''' , ''Fountains;'' comp. ''Aenon;'' Sept. '''''Ἀείμ''''' v. r. '''''Αἰσάμ''''' ) '','' a city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah, mentioned between Eshtemoah and [[Goshen]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:50), in the district southwest of [[Hebron]] (Keil, ''Comment.'' in loc.). [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] appear to call it ''Ancea'' ( '''''Ἀναιά''''' ) '','' 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 ''Ansema'' ( '''''Ἀνσήμ''''' ), wholly inhabited by [[Christians]] ( ''Onomast.'' s.v. '''''Ἀνάμ''''' , Anab). Schwarz ( ''Palest.'' 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 (&nbsp;Joshua 21:16), is probably correct in agreeing with the identification by Wilson ( ''Lands Of Bible,'' 1. 354; 2:636) with the village ''Ghuwein,'' 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" (&nbsp;Joshua 15:32), and apportioned to [[Simeon]] (&nbsp;Joshua 19:7), to have been a different one, as he is thus obliged to do. (See [[Ain]]). </p>

<p> ''''' ā´nim ''''' ( ענים , <i> ''''' ‛ānı̄m ''''' </i> , "springs"): One of the cities of the hill country of Judah mentioned immediately after [[Eshtemoa]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:50 ). 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>