En-gannim
En-gannim (or Anem), a Levitical city in the territory of Issachar, given to the Gershonite Levites.
The name En-gannim means “eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens”
PlaceOld Testament2 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 19:21; referred to as En-gannim (עֵין גַּנִּים) or Anem (עָנֵם).
Location
- Certainty
- Likely (70% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.714° N, 35.495° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֵין גַּנִּיםEn-gannim
- עָנֵםAnemmeans “or Anen, an answer; their affliction”
Mentions
- Joshua 19:21עֵין גַּנִּים · En-gannimRemeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
- Joshua 21:29עֵין גַּנִּים · En-gannimJarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:73עָנֵם · AnemRamoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.