En-gannim — Fountain of gardens. 1) A town in the plains of Judah (Josh. 15:34), north west of Jerusalem, between Zanoah and Tappuah. It is the modern Umm Jina. 2) A city on the border of Machar (Josh. 19:21), allotted to the Gershonite Levites… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jenin — Infobox Palestinian Authority muni name=Jenin imgsize=250 caption=View of Jenin from Mount Gilboa arname=جنين meaning= founded= type=muna typefrom= altOffSp=Jinin altUnoSp=Janin governorate=jn latd=32|latm=27|lats=23|latNS=N… … Wikipedia
MASNUT, SAMUEL BEN NISSIM — (13th century), talmudist and leader of Aleppo Jewry. Scarcely any biographical details are known of him, even the place from which his family originated being uncertain since some manuscripts mention Toledo and others Sicily. Judah Al Ḥarizi ,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of traditional Hebrew place names — This is a list of traditional Hebrew place names. This list includes:*Places involved in the history (and beliefs) of Canaanite religion, Abrahamic religion and Hebrew culture and the (pre Modern or directly associated Modern) Hebrew (and… … Wikipedia
HAZAZ, ḤAYYIM — (1898–1973), Hebrew writer. Born in Sidorovichi (Kiev province), Hazaz received a traditional and secular education, studying Hebrew and Russian literature. From the age of 16 (1914), when he left home, to 1921 he moved from one large Russian… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PETAḤ TIKVAH — (Heb. פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה), city in Israel s Coastal Plain, 7 mi. (12 km.) E. of Tel Aviv. In the 1870s a number of observant Jews from Jerusalem decided to become farmers and establish a village called Petaḥ Tikvah ( Gateway of Hope ), after Hosea 2 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Anem — ( he. עין גנים, lit. garden spring ) two fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr.6:73). It is also called En gannim in Josh. 19:21; the modern Jenin … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Gershonite — The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous Gershon , a son of Levi [] . This differentiation of religious activity between… … Wikipedia
