How to Pronounce En Gannim
en-GAN-im
En Gannim is pronounced en-GAN-im (ɛnˈgænɪm): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does En Gannim mean?
En Gannim means “eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was En Gannim?
Fountain of gardens. (1.) A town in the plains of Judah (Josh. 15:34), north-west of Jerusalem, between Zanoah and Tappuah. It is the modern Umm Jina. (2.) A city on the border of Machar (Josh. 19:21), allotted to the Gershonite Levites (21:29). It is identified with the modern Jenin, a large and prosperous town of about 4,000 inhabitants, situated 15 miles south of Mount Tabor, through which the road from Jezreel to Samaria and Jerusalem passes. When Ahaziah, king of Judah, attempted to escape from Jehu, he “fled by the way of the garden house” i.e., by way of En-gannim.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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