Lexicon Sinim: inhab. of unc. location Original Word: סִינִיםPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Sinim Phonetic Spelling: (see-neem') Short Definition: Sinim NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertainder. Definitioninhab. of unc. location NASB TranslationSinim (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs סְוֵנִים adjective, of a people plural Syenites, so (or סְוָנִים) read probably for סִינִים (q. v.) Isaiah 49:12. סִינִים adjective, of a people plural = substantive; ׳אֶרֶץ ס Isaiah 49:12, identification with Chinese by Thes948-950 De CheComm. and others; but see see RichthofenChina i. 436 f., 504, reviewed by YuleAcad. xiii. 339; Di Du; T. de LacouperieBOR i. 45 ff., 183 ff., who thinks of Šina, at foot of Hindu Kush, but unlikely; read probably סְוֵנִים (or סְוָנִים), so CheIntr. Is. 275, and Hpt., compare already JDMich. סִיס Jeremiah 8:7 Qr see I. סוּס.
Strong's Sinim Plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region -- Sinim. |
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