# Aenon

This word means "springs," as of water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Salim

a village or town next to the Jordan River (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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/translate/figs-activepassive]])