# Aenon
This word means "springs," as of water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
# Salim
a village or town next to the Jordan River (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
# because there was much water there
"because there were many springs in that place"
# were being baptized
You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "John was baptizing them" or "he was baptizing them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])