Prosaically, the name comes from a freshwater well just north of Makor, but symbolically it stands for much more, historically and spiritually.

The site is continually inhabited until the end of the Crusades when it is destroyed by the victorious Mameluks (as happened to many actual cities after 1291) and is not rebuilt by the Ottomans.

In the early civilizations, the concept of fertility sprouts from agriculture and the desire for a fruitful harvest.

During the earliest layer of history, the giant stone idol named El is created to please the earth and bring good crops.

As anti-Semitism becomes more prevalent, this theme grows stronger, as if to show the strength of the faith that the Jewish people hold.