# H5885 עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ

עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ (ʻÊyn Shemesh), Strong’s H5885: En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine KJV: Enshemesh.. Occurs 4 times.

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*ʻÊyn Shemesh* — En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

KJV: Enshemesh.

Built from [עַיִן ʻayin](https://besorah.bible/word/H5869) (an eye) + [שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh](https://besorah.bible/word/H8121) (the sun) — means “fountain of the sun”

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ n.pr.loc. on border betw. Judah and Benj.

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 15:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=7) — The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of…
- [Joshua 18:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=17) — It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It…