H5885: עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ
ʻÊyn Shemesh · pronounced ane sheh'-mesh · “En-shemesh”
Definition
En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Enshemesh.
Word origin: from H5869 (עַיִן) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); fountain of the sun;
Extended definition
a spring on the boundary of Judah on the south and Benjamin on the north
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5885 is translated
- en ×2
- shemesh ×2
Bible verses with H5885 (ʻÊyn Shemesh)
ʻêyn shemesh appears in 2 verses.
- Joshua 15:7
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel:
- Joshua 18:17
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,