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title: עֵינַיִם — Enaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵינַיִם (5879), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Enaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵינַיִם

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«עֵינַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Enaim** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5879 · **BDB:** עֵינָם

### Glosses

Enaim (1); of.Enaim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Enaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5879/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5879/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in the Shephelah of Judah, הָע׳ Jos 15:34 (Μαιανει, A 𝔊L Ηναειμ) = עֵינַיִם.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵינַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5879/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.21/)

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וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֤י מְקֹמָהּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַיֵּ֧ה הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה הִ֥וא בָעֵינַ֖יִם עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה בָזֶ֖ה קְדֵשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he.asked (et) the.men her.place her (cmp) where? \[is\].the cult.prostitute she \[was\].at (the) Enaim at the road and they.said not she.was in this.\[place\] a.cult.prostitute

*JPS 1917:* Then he asked the men of her place, saying: 'Where is the harlot, that was at Enaim by the wayside?' And they said: 'There hath been no harlot here.'

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[Genesis 38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.14/)

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וַתָּסַר֩ בִּגְדֵ֨י אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ מֵֽעָלֶ֗יהָ וַתְּכַ֤ס בַּצָּעִיף֙ וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח עֵינַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ תִּמְנָ֑תָה כִּ֤י רָאֲתָה֙ כִּֽי־גָדַ֣ל שֵׁלָ֔ה וְהִ֕וא לֹֽא־נִתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and she.removed the.clothes her.widowhood her from on her and she.covered with the veil and she.wrapped.herself.up and she.sat at the.entrance of.Enaim which \[is\].on the.road (of).to Timnah (dm) she.had.seen (dm).that he.had.grown.up Shelah and she not she.had.been.given to him to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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