Joshua 19:7

Second Group. 1. Ain= an "eye" and also in the vivid imagery of the East, a spring or natural burst of living water, always distinguished from the artificial "well" or "tank" = Beeror Bor. It generally occurs in combination with other words, defining the locality as En-gedi, En-gannim, En-hakkore, En-rogel. In two cases it stands alone, (a) here, and (b) in Numbers 34:11. Mr Wilton (Negeb, pp. 229 234) would here also connect it with the next name; 2. Remmon, as the name of a single city, Ainor En-Remmon = the spring of the pomegranate, and in the catalogue of the places re-occupied by the Jews after the return from the Captivity the two are joined, and appear in our Version as En-Rimmon, see Nehemiah 11:29; Nehemiah 3. Ether, see ch. Joshua 15:42 Van de Velde heard of a Tel Athar in the desert country below Hebron; 4. Ashan, see above, ch. Joshua 15:42.