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| <p> '''''ā´in''''' ( עין , <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> , "eye or spring (of water)"): </p> <p> (1) A town in the extreme Northwest corner of Canaan, so named, most probably, from a noted spring in the vicinity ( Numbers 34:11 ). Thomson and after him Robinson make Ain the same as <i> '''''‛Ain el''''' </i> - <i> '''''‛Asy''''' </i> , the chief source of the Orontes, some fifteen miles Southwest of Riblah, which, in turn, is about twenty miles Southwest of [[Emesa]] (Hums). As Ain is named in connection with Lake Gennesaret, some claim that [[Riblah]] of Numbers 34:11 must be another place farther South and closer to that lake. </p> <p> (2) A L evitical city ( Joshua 21:16 ) in the [[Negeb]] or southern part of Judah. It was first allotted to the tribe of [[Judah]] ( Joshua 15:32 ) but later to [[Simeon]] ( Joshua 19:7 ). The fact that it is several times named in immediate connection with [[Rimmon]] has lent plausibility to the view that we have here a compound word, and that we should read En-Rimmon, i.e. Ain-Rimmon (see Joshua 15:32; Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32 ). See also [[Ayin]] . </p> | | <p> See [[Ayin]] . </p> |
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