H5885 H5885
En Shemesh (place name: 'Spring of the Sun,' a border landmark between Judah and Benjamin)
En Shemesh means 'Spring of the Sun,' a water source on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin. It appears in Joshua 15:7 (Judah's border) and Joshua 18:17 (Benjamin's border). The Septuagint renders it 'fountain of the sun' (πηγὴν ἡλίου, πηγὴν Βαιθσαμυς), reflecting the name's literal meaning. The exact site is debated, though it lay in the wilderness east of Jerusalem. All modern translations transliterate the compound name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A spring ('En') associated with the sun ('Shemesh'), serving as a boundary marker between Judah (Joshua 15:7) and Benjamin (Joshua 18:17). The multilingual glosses uniformly transliterate the compound name ('En-Shemesh,' 'En-Semes'), following standard conventions for ancient place names with uncertain modern equivalents. 2×
AR["عَيْنَ-شَمْسَ", "عَيْنِ-شَمْسَ"]·ben["ঐন-শেমশ"]·DE["En-Shemesh"]·EN["En-Shemesh"]·FR["En-Shemesh"]·heb["עין שמש"]·HI["एन-शेमेश"]·ID["En-Semes"]·IT["En-Shemesh"]·jav["Èn-Syèmès"]·KO["엔-세메스로", "엔-셰메스의"]·PT["En-Shemesh"]·RU["Эйн-Шемеша", "к-Эйн-Шемешу"]·ES["En-Semes"]·SW["Eni-Shemeshi"]·TR["Eyn-Şemeş", "Eyn-Şemeşe"]·urd["عین-شمس", "عین-شمس-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשֶׁ n.pr.loc. on border betw. Judah Jos 15:7 (πηγῆς ἡλίου) and Benj. 18:17 (πηγὴν Βαιθσαμυς, 𝔊L [πη]γὴν Σαμες); conj. in BuhlGeogr. 98.