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(ii) Eyn Gediy (5872) - fountain of a kid; En-Gedi, a place in Palestine:
From Ayin (5869) - probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) and Gediy (1423) - a young goat (from browsing) from an unused root (meaning to cut off); a border of a river (as cut into by the stream):
En Gedi was watered by a hot spring yielding an abundance of fresh water which burst forth three or four hundred feet above the base of a large cliff. Its ancient name was Hazezon Tamar-- or Hazazon Tamar ("pruning of palms"), indicating that date palms may have grown there at one time. The plentiful supply of water from the hot spring created an oasis rich with semitropical vegetation. Vineyards also prospered at En Gedi <Song 1:14>.
In Abraham's day CHEDORLAOMER conquered the Amorites who occupied this spot <Gen. 14:7>. In Jehoshaphat's day, God overthrew invading enemies of Judah at En Gedi <2 Chr. 20:2>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
(iii) The abundance of new life in the Spirit - streams of Joy and gladness on the mountain preparing to joing the River of Life.
(iv) (a) 1:14