Word Study · Strong's H5879 · Hebrew
עֵינַיִם
enayim
ay-nah'-yim
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÊynayim
“Enajim or Enam, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Enajim or Enam, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Enaim, openly (Genesis 38:21).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בָעֵינַ֖יִם1
- וְהָעֵינָֽם׃1
- עֵינַ֔יִם1
How it is rendered · 3
- [was] at the Enaim1
- and the Enam1
- Enaim1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Npl · 1
- HNpl · 1
- HRd/Npl · 1
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 38:14עֵינַ֔יִםʾeinayimproper noun (a name)she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.here: Enaim
- Genesis 38:21בָעֵינַ֖יִםvaeinayimpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.here: [was] at the Enaim