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Enaim

ENAIM, a Town in the Tribe of Judah, Josh. xv. 34. the same perhaps which is mentioned Gen. xxxviii. 21. where we read in the Vulgate, that Tamar sat in a place where two ways met, sedit in bivio: but the Hebrew reading is, She sat at Gen. xxxviii. 14.Enaïm1; that of the Septuagint, She sat an Enan by the way. Others think that in this place, Enan or Enaïm, signifies simply a fountain or well, which is most probable.

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  1. Translators’ note. תשב בפתח עיניםwhich in the English Bible is thus translated: She sat in an open place, which is by the way. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Enaim,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/e/enaim/.

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