עֵינַיִםʻÊynayim

עֵינַ֫יִם: proper name [of a location]: = following (Genesis 38:14; Genesis 38:21)

Pronunciation: ay-nah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5879

Meanings

עֵינָם: proper name [of a location]: in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:84)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 38:14 Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
  • Genesis 38:21 So he asked the men who lived there, “Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?” “We’ve never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.
  • Joshua 15:34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).