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The name of Jenin was derived from Ein Ganim meaning "the spring of Ganim" and referring to the region's plentiful spring.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Etymology: Jenin was known in ancient times as the Canaanite village of "Ein-Ganim" or Tel Jenin. Tel Jenin, its name in Arabic, is located at the center of what is today Jenin's business center. The city of Ein-Ganim is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the city of the Levites of the Tribe of Issachar. After some years, the city's name was changed to "Giant". In the book of Judith, the settlement is mentioned as "Gini". The Jewish historian Josephus also mentioned Ganim as a city in northern Samaria. The Arabic name "Jenin" ultimately derives from this ancient name.
Heb. עֵין גַּנִּים, en Ganim, 'the spring of gardens'
Known among Palestinians as the "Martyrs' Capital," at least 28 suicide bombers, by Israel's count, have been dispatched from the camp's squalid alleyways since the outbreak of the current intifada.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee; it begins at a village that is in the great plain called Ginea, and ends at the Acrabbene toparchy, and is entirely of the same nature with Judea
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said that a Palestinian man in his 80s was shot to death by the Israeli army outside his home in the West Bank city of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the man, Tawfiq Ahmad Younes Qandil, was shot in Jenin's eastern neighborhood. Additionally, it said that IDF forces fired at ambulances carrying a dead and a wounded person.
An Israeli soldier then fired at Mr. Hook inside the compound when he saw "an object which resembles a pistol" in his hand, the statement read.
The name of Jenin was derived from Ein Ganim meaning "the spring of Ganim" and referring to the region's plentiful spring.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee; it begins at a village that is in the great plain called Ginea, and ends at the Acrabbene toparchy, and is entirely of the same nature with Judea
Jenin is well identified with a number of important sites: in the el-Amarna letters "The Land of Ginah" is mentioned (EA 250), which is probably the E7 of the 'Execration Texts' (Posener's group); in the Bible there is 'Ein Ganim' (see Kallai's opinion in EB VI: 207–208) and Beth Hagan (I Kgs 9: 27); in the Book of Judith, it appears as Ginei (Jdt 3: 11) and Ginae of the Roman period appears in Josephus (Ant. XX, vi, 1; War III, iii, 4); in the Moslem and the Crusader sources it appears under many names: Geninum, Le Grand Gerin, Major Gallina, Gerinum Magnum. These identifications refer to the tell and/or the settlement of Jenin
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