Lexical Definition

‎עֵין תַּנִּים‎ ʻÊyn Tannîym (ane tan-neem') En-tannim ^N:N--L
from ‎עַיִן‎ and the plural of ‎תַּן‎; fountain of jackals

dragon well.

• § En-tannim = "fountain of the jackal"
• En-Tannim, a pool near Jerusalem

1) a spring near Jerusalem

Extended Information

combination of: תַּנִּין (עַיִן+תַּנִּין)

• En-tannim = "fountain of the jackal"

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: עַיִן | עֵין חֲרֹד | שַׁעַר

II. ‎עַ֫יִן‎ noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ‎׳‎‎ע‎ dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ‎ען‎; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Palmyrene ‎עינא‎, ᵑ7 ‎עֵינָא‎, ‎עַיְינָא‎; Syriac ); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Sam 29:1 +, ‎עָ֑יִן‎ Gen 49:22 +, ‎הָעַ֫יְנָה‎ Gen 24:16; Gen 24:45 construct ‎עֵין‎ vGen 24:13 +; plural ‎עֲיָנֹת‎ Deut 8:7, ‎וֺת‎- 2Chr 32:3 construct ‎עֵינוֺת‎ Exod 15:27 = Num 33:9, ‎עִינוֺת‎ Prov 8:28 (Ges^{«GKC:93v»§ 93v}); — spring Gen 16:7; Gen 24:16; Gen 24:29; Gen 24:30; Gen 24:42; Gen 24:45 (all J) Gen 49:22 (poem in J), 1Sam 29:1 ‎עֵין חַמַּיִם‎ Gen 16:7; Gen 24:13; Gen 24:43 (J), compare Exod 15:27 (J) Num 33:9 (P); ‎׳‎‎נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע‎ ‎וּתְחֹמֹת‎ Deut 8:7 ‎מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת‎ 2Chr 32:3 ‎תְּהוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎ְ‎ Prov 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative ‎עֵין יַעֲקֹב‎ Deut 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
a. ‎חֲרֹד‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 7:1 (on location compare GFM).
b. ‎הַקּוֺרֵא‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ (partridge-spring) Judg 15:19 (compare id.).
c. ‎רֹגֵּל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RS^{Sem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172}) 2Sam 17:17 compare 1Kgs 1:2, on border of Judah Josh 15:7, and Benjamin Josh 18:16.
d. ‎הַתַּנִּין‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ (dragon-spring) Neh 2:13 (= c ? so RS^l.c.). — On ‎שַׁעַר הָעַיִן‎ Neh 2:14; Neh 3:15; Neh 12:37 see ‎שַׁעַר‎

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