H5512

H5512 — סִין

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewCiynName/l.Occurrences: 6

Definition / Gloss

Ciyn (seen) n/l. 1. Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining [of uncertain derivation] KJV: Sin.

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KJV Renderings

Sin.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5563

I. סִין proper name [of a location] Sin, i.e. Pelusium, east frontier city of Egypt (Egyptian 'Imt = clay, of which סין is translated (compare Aramaic סְיָן clay), according to Steind^{BAS i. 599}, who compare IIηλούσιον(πηλός = dirt, mud), compare Brugsch^{Dict.
Géogr. 1081 ff.}); — Ezek 30:15 ( ᵐ5 Σαιν accusative), + Ezek 30:16, but here Co Toy read plausibly סון, i.e. סְוָן = Syene (see [סְוָן], סְוֵנֵה), ᵐ5 συηνη. — On Pelusium see Bd^{Egypt.4 (1898), 169}.

BDB5564

II. סִין proper name [of a location] wilderness between Elim and Sinai, מִדְבַּרסִֿין, according to P , Exod 16:1 ; Exod 17:1; Num 33:11; Num 3:12 ᵐ5 Σειν, A ᵐ5 ^L Σιν; compare Eb^{GS 2. 155 ff.} and especially Di^{Exod 16:1}.