Explore Jenin through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Jenin meaning
- A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
- A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.
Using Jenin
- The main meaning on this page is: A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine. | A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.
- In the example corpus, jenin often appears in combinations such as: in jenin, of jenin, the jenin.
Context around Jenin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jenin
- In this selection, "jenin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, stormed, gaza, refugee, area and terrorists stand out and add context to how "jenin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the jenin refugee camp and 12 in jenin a stronghold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jenin" sits close to words such as acm, adoration and alfredo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jenin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A mural in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, October 10, 2006. (12 words)
Blinken’s visit was scheduled before Israeli soldiers stormed Jenin camp last week, killing nine Palestinians. (16 words)
Born in 1978, Sheikh Adnan descends from Arraba in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank. (16 words)
At least one powerful explosive device laid by Palestinian militants and other fire disabled several Israeli armored vehicles in a village near Jenin at around 7 a.m. on Monday, complicating what had started out as an arrest raid, the military said. (42 words)
Friday’s attack followed a complex counter terrorism operation in by the IDF, Shin Bet intelligence agents and Israel’s Border Guard Police one day earlier in which nine people were killed in Jenin, a hotbed of terrorism. (38 words)
A military statement said soldiers dismantled bomb laboratories, underground tunnel shafts and explosive devices during searches in a counter-terrorism operation that began on Dec. 12 in Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian operatives. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even though the claim of a massacre in Jenin was disproven, even 20 years later, many people believe that a massacre took place in Jenin.
Israeli Arabs demonstrating with signs bearing the names of Jenin terrorists killed by the IDF, and the slogan ‘From Gaza to Jenin We’ll Liberate Falastin,’ January 30, 2023.
Israeli occupation forces were targeted with bullets near the Tarsala al-Makhalla settlement, east of Jenin, as the Jenin Brigades armed group opened fire towards the location.
The Shin Bet security service identified the assailant as Kamel Abu Baker, 22, from the Jenin area, who has been a fugitive in the Jenin refugee camp for the past six months.
Education and culture Arab American University in Jenin The Arab American University is located in Jenin's vicinity.
Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead on May 11, 2022, while reporting on an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
According to security officials, there are several hundred armed terrorists in the Jenin area operating in several groups that mainly belong to PIJ’s battalions and Fatah.
Akram Rajoub, the governor of Jenin, said the military prevented medical teams from evacuating the wounded and fired tear gas which seeped into the government hospital, affecting infants and interrupting surgeries.
A medical intake report for Mahmoud from Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin at 9:50 a.m. records a single bullet wound and hemorrhagic shock.
A military statement said soldiers dismantled bomb laboratories, underground tunnel shafts and explosive devices during searches in a counter-terrorism operation that began on Dec. 12 in Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian operatives.
Among those confirmed dead in Jenin was Majeda Obeid, 61, who lived some metres (yards) from the house targeted by the Israeli forces.
A mural in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, October 10, 2006.
A Palestinian vendor of traditional flatbread waits for customers at his shop, in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
At least one powerful explosive device laid by Palestinian militants and other fire disabled several Israeli armored vehicles in a village near Jenin at around 7 a.m. on Monday, complicating what had started out as an arrest raid, the military said.
Blinken’s visit was scheduled before Israeli soldiers stormed Jenin camp last week, killing nine Palestinians.
Born in 1978, Sheikh Adnan descends from Arraba in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Four men were killed during a military raid in Jenin refugee camp late on Tuesday night.
Friday’s attack followed a complex counter terrorism operation in by the IDF, Shin Bet intelligence agents and Israel’s Border Guard Police one day earlier in which nine people were killed in Jenin, a hotbed of terrorism.
Gaza, Jenin, and Nablus, for example, paid the heaviest price for Israeli violence, making them the regions that resist the most.
In Burqin, near Jenin, our forces arrested 6 terrorists including a senior member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
Common combinations with jenin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in jenin 43×
- of jenin 24×
- the jenin 24×
- jenin refugee 19×
- jenin camp 7×
- jenin in 7×
- near jenin 6×
- jenin on 6×
- jenin was 5×
- jenin city 5×