Lexicon
עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ
en she.mesh
H5885
N:N--L Hebrew

En-shemesh

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en she.mesh is a proper place-name used as a boundary point in Joshua’s territorial descriptions.

The supplied verses use the proper noun as a named location reached or passed in descriptions of territorial boundaries.

Senses in use

  1. Named boundary location · dominant

    In Joshua 15:7, the proper-noun form occurs where the border passes to its waters before reaching En-rogel. In Joshua 18:17, the border reaches the same named location in a sequence of boundary movements toward Geliloth and the stone of Bohan.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “En-shemesh” in both boundary descriptions.

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