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In 11:2 Shinar is described as the land of the plain where migrants from the East settled, and founded Babel, the city, and its great tower. 2. Possible Babylonian Form of the Name: Though sometimes identified with the Babylonian Sumer, the connection of Shinar with that name is doubtful.
- Shimron-meron
SHIMRON-MERON. shim'-ron-me'-ron (shimron mer'on; Sumoon.......
- Shion
SHION. shi'-on (shi'on; Codex Vaticanus Siona, Codex...
- Shimron-meron
Shin’ar (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ n ɑːr / SHY-nar; Hebrew: שִׁנְעָר, romanized: Šīnʿār; Septuagint: Σενναάρ, romanized: Sennaár) is the name for the southern region of Mesopotamia used by the Hebrew Bible.
This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place. The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is.
Nineveh The capital of Assyria. Assyria attacked the land of Judah during the reign of Hezekiah and the ministry of the prophet Isaiah. Jerusalem, the capital city of Judah, was miraculously saved when an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (2 Kgs. 19:32–37).
It is clear from Gen. x. 10 (J) that Shinar was the Hebrew name of a land which included both Babylon and Erech, i.e., both northern and southern Babylonia. Gen. xiv. 1, if Amraphel is identical with Hammurabi, also proves that Shinar included northern Babylonia.
17 lip 2024 · Answer. The land of Shinar is mentioned eight times in the Old Testament (Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2; Genesis 14:1,9; Joshua 7:21; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2; Zechariah 5:11), always in relation to the geographical area of Babylonia.
Shi'nar (Heb. Skinar', שַׁנעָר [on the signif. see below]; Sept. usually Σεναάρ, Σενναάρ ;. Vulg. Sennaar) seems to have been the ancient name (Ge 10:10; Ge 11:2; Ge 14:1,'9) of the great alluvial tract through which the Tigris and Euphrates pass before reaching the sea the tract known in later times as Chaldlca, or Babylonia.
