Ain Ebel is a municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate, about 90 kilometers south of Beirut. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian. Historian Joseph Toufik Khoreich writes that the name means "Spring of the Monk" because in Aramaic Ain means spring and Ebel means a hermit or monk. Others say that Ebel is a corruption of Baal, the Semitic go…Ain Ebel is a municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate, about 90 kilometers south of Beirut. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christian. Historian Joseph Toufik Khoreich writes that the name means "Spring of the Monk" because in Aramaic Ain means spring and Ebel means a hermit or monk. Others say that Ebel is a corruption of Baal, the Semitic god associated with storms and thus irrigation. Combined with Ain the name may mean "Spring of Irrigation". Edward Henry Palmer translated it literally as "Spring of Camels" based on classical Arabic. Variant spellings include Ainebel, Aïn Ebel, Ain Ebl, Ain Ibl, Ayn Ibil, Ain Ibil, Aïn Ibel, and Ain Ibel.
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