That villages were often built near a spring (Hebrew, en) is suggested by such place - names as En - shemesh, En - rogel, and En - gedi.
To apstiprina fakts, ka daudzos vietvārdos, piemēram, Ajin - Šemeša, Ajin - Rogela un Engedija, ietilpst senebreju vārds ar nozīmi ” avots ”. ( Jozuas 15: 7, 62.)