Editing Jenin (section)

==Etymology==
Jenin has been identified as the place "[[Gina (Canaan)|Gina]]" or "Ginah" mentioned in the [[Amarna letters]] from the 14th century BCE, as a town in [[Canaan]].<ref name=":4" /> Jenin is commonly identified with the later biblical city of [[List of minor biblical places#En-gannim|Ein-Ganim]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Tasneem Ghalib Khader Atatrah|date=2010|title=Assessment of Traditional Home Practices Carried by Palestinian Mothers During the Neonatal Period in Jenin District|url=https://dspace.alquds.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/a84681e4-ca5f-49d3-b09c-a7f2474298a7/content|journal=Deanship of Graduated Studies, Al-Quds University|quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis|title=The Economic and Social life in Jenin city From (1281 Hijre-1864 AD/1337 Hijre-1918 AD)|url=https://repository.najah.edu/handle/20.500.11888/6432|date=2009|degree=Thesis|language=en|first=Dawlat Ahmad Mustafa|last=Shaban}}"The name of Jenin city is repeated in several sources, including the Bible, and was called by Ein Ganim"</ref><ref>[[Ishtori Haparchi]], ''Kaftor wa-Ferach'', vol. 2, (3rd edition, published by ed. Avraham Yosef Havatzelet), chapter 11, Jerusalem 2007, p. 65 (note 168) (Hebrew)</ref><ref name=":34">{{Cite journal |last=Tzori |first=Nehemia |date=1972-07-01 |title=New Light on En-Gannim |url=https://doi.org/10.1179/peq.1972.104.2.134 |journal=Palestine Exploration Quarterly |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=134–138 |doi=10.1179/peq.1972.104.2.134 |issn=0031-0328}}</ref> from {{langx|he|עֵין גַּנִּים}}, meaning "the spring of gardens"<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Conder|first=C. R.|date=1881|editor-last=Palmer|editor-first=E. H.|title=Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft/page/147/mode/1up?view=theater|journal=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=|issue=|pages=147|doi=|issn=|quote=Heb. עֵין גַּנִּים, en Ganim, 'the spring of gardens'}}</ref> or "the spring of Ganim",<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kmail, A., Jubran, J., Sabbah, W., & Jenin, P.|date=2017|title=Coupling GIS-based MCA and AHP techniques for Hospital Site Selection|url=https://www.aaup.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Coupling%20GIS-based%20MCA%20and%20AHP%20techniques%20for%20Hospital%20Site%20Selection.pdf|journal=International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security |volume=15|issue=12 |quote=The name of Jenin was derived from Ein Ganim meaning “the spring of Ganim” and referring to the region’s plentiful spring.}}</ref> probably referring to the many springs located nearby. The present-day Arabic name is believed to preserve the city's ancient name.<ref name=":1" />