Lexical Definition

‎עַיִן‎ ʻAyin (ah'-yin) Ain ^N:N--L
the same as ‎עַיִן‎; fountain

Ain.

• § Ain = "spring"
• Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine

1) one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine
2) one of the southernmost cities of Judah in the Nekeb and allotted to the tribe of Simeon and given to the priests

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Also see: עֵין רִמּוֹן

III. ‎עַ֫יִן‎

proper name, of a location 1. ‎לָעָ֑יִן‎, on northeast border of Canaan Num 34:11, ᵐ5 ἐπὶ πηγάς

2. a. in Negeb of Judah Josh 15:32 (+ ‎וְרִמּוֺן‎), Levitical city Josh 21:16 (but ᵐ5^B Ασα read ‎עָשָׁן‎, as 1Chr 6:44*), apparently =
b. 1Chr 19:7 (+ ‎׳‎‎ר‎; assigned to Simeon), ‎׳‎‎ר‎ ‎׳‎‎וָע‎ 1Chr 4:32 (read probably ‎׳‎‎וְעֵין ר‎); probably modern Umm er-Ram¹-m£n, approximately 18 miles southwest from Hebrom, Buhl^Geogr.183. — see ‎עֵין רִמּוֺן‎ below

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