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 v[Gen 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 RSSem 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 RSl.c.). — On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן [Neh 2:14]; [Neh 3:15]; [Neh 12:37] see שַׁעַר
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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