Enam
Enam
(Hebrews with the art. ha-Eynam’, , doubtless a contraction for
, the two springs; Sept. v.r. and , Vulg. Enaim), a city in the lowlands of Judah, mentioned between Tappuah and Jarmuth (Jos 15:34). From its mention with towns (Jarmuth and Eshtaol for instance) which are known to have been near Timnath, this is very probably the place in the “entrance” of which (perhaps at a fork of the road) Tamar sat to intercept her father-in-law on his way to Timnath (Gen 38:14), ( , pe’thach Eyna’yim, i.e., doorway of Enaim, or the double spring; Sept. , Vulg. bivium itineris, A.V. “an open place;” comp. Reland, Palest, page 761). Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. , Enaim) state that it was “still a village Betheninm () near the terebinth;” meaning probably “Abraham’s oak,” 22 miles S. of Jerusalem (ib. s.v. , Arboch), near Hebron (Robinson, Res. 2:443). Schwarz in like manner identifies Enam with “the village Beth-Ani, distant 21 English miles from Saafir” (Palest. page 102); meaning apparently Beit-Anur, which is laid down on Van de Velde’s Map at that distance S.W. of Bir es-Zafaraneh, in the region N.E. of Hebron. But this site is appropriated to Beth-anoth (q.v.), with which the similarity of names has doubtless caused these authors to confuse Enam. The place in question lay in the group of cities situated N.W. of Hebron, on the border of the tribe of Dan (Keil, Comment. on Joshua in loc.). It is perhaps the present Deir el-Butm, with a well adjoining, laid down by Van de Velde (Map) a little beyond Deir Dubibai, N. of Eleutheropolis.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Enam (2)
Lieut. Conder suggests (Tent Work in Palest. 2:336; comp. Quar. Statement of the “Pal. Explor. Fund,” January 1881, page 51) for this place “the ruin Alln, in the low hills south-west of Jerusalem,” meaning apparently the insignificant Khurbet ‘Alia marked on the ordnance map at three and one quarter miles southwest of Bethlehem, but there is nothing striking in the identification.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Enam
A city of the shephelah or lowland of Judah (Jos 15:34). In Gen 38:14; Gen 38:21, read as margin “in the gate (phathach) of Enaim,” instead of “in an open place.” It lay on the road from Judah’s dwelling place to Timnath. Aben Ezra less probably translates “at the breaking forth of two fountains.” Conder identifies it with Allin, a ruin close to Thamna, now Tibneh, three miles to the E. on an ancient road from Adullam, the very road by which Judah would have come from Adullain to Timnah. The fellahin dialect changes “n” into “l”.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Enam
enam. See preceding article.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Enam
[E’nam]
City in the lowlands of Judah. Jos 15:34. Identified with the ruins at Wady Alin, 31 45′ N, 34 59′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Enam
H5879
A city of Judah.
Jos 15:34
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Enam
E’nam. (double spring). One of the cities of Judah, in the Shefelah, or lowland. Jos 15:34.