how to say “a spring” in Hebrew

 

מַעְיָן
 

 

 
The common Hebrew name מַעְיָן    – given mostly to girls but also to boys – means spring or well.
 
For example:
 
אֵזוֹר בֵּית שְׁאָן נִקְרָא “עֵמֶק הַמַּעְיָנוֹת.”
The Beit Shean region is called “The Valley of the Springs.”
 
 
A synonym of מעין is עַיִן    – also the word for eye.
 
עין is typically used in the construct state, in phrases such as עֵין עָקֵב    Akev Spring (literally, Spring of Akev).

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