עֵין רֹגֵל

II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ׳ע dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Palmyrene עינא, ᵑ7 עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac ); — absolute ׳ע 1 Sam 29,1 +, עָ֑יִן 1 Mos 49,22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה 1 Mos 24,16; 1 Mos 24,45 construct עֵין v1 Mos 24,13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת 5 Mos 8,7, וֺת- 2 Kron 32,3 construct עֵינוֺת 2 Mos 15,27 = 4 Mos 33,9, עִינוֺת Ord 8,28 (Ges^{«GKC:93v»§ 93v}); — spring 1 Mos 16,7; 1 Mos 24,16; 1 Mos 24,29; 1 Mos 24,30; 1 Mos 24,42; 1 Mos 24,45 (all J) 1 Mos 49,22 (poem in J), 1 Sam 29,1 עֵין חַמַּיִם 1 Mos 16,7; 1 Mos 24,13; 1 Mos 24,43 (J), compare 2 Mos 15,27 (J) 4 Mos 33,9 (P); ׳נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע וּתְחֹמֹת 5 Mos 8,7 מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת 2 Kron 32,3 תְּהוֺם ׳ְ Ord 8,28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative עֵין יַעֲקֹב 5 Mos 33,28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
\ \ a. חֲרֹד ׳ע Dom 7,1 (on location compare GFM).
\ \ b. הַקּוֺרֵא ׳ע (partridge-spring) Dom 15,19 (compare id.).
\ \ c. רֹגֵּל ׳ע near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RS^{Sem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172}) 2 Sam 17,17 compare 1 Kong 1,2, on border of Judah Jos 15,7, and Benjamin Jos 18,16.
\ \ d. הַתַּנִּין ׳ע (dragon-spring) Neh 2,13 (= c ? so RS^l.c.). — On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Neh 2,14; Neh 3,15; Neh 12,37 see שַׁעַר