ē̇ -nā´im ( עינים , ‛ēnayı̄m , "place of a fountain"; Αἰνάν , Ainán ; Genesis 38:14 (the King James Version "in an open place"; Genesis 38:21 the King James Version "openly")): A place which lay between Adullam and Timnath; probably the same as Enam ( Joshua 15:34 ). Also mentioned in close connection with Adullam. It was in the Shephelah of Judah. The Talmud (Pesik̇ Rab . 23) mentions a Kephar Enaim. Conder proposes Khurbet Wady ‛Alı̂n , which is an ancient site, evidently of great strength and importance, lying between Kḣ ‛Ain Shems and the village of Deir Aban . The ruins crown a lofty and almost isolated hill; the greatest objection to the identification is that there is no fountain at all in the immediate neighborhood. There may have been one in earlier times. See PEF , III, 128.
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