How to Pronounce Shinar
SHAI-nahr
Shinar is pronounced SHAI-nahr (ˈʃaɪnɑːr): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: SHIGH-nar, SH-EYE-nahr, SHYE-nahr.
What does Shinar mean?
Shinar means “watch of him that sleeps”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Shinar?
LXX. and Vulgate “Senaar;” in the inscriptions, “Shumir;” probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. Here the tower of Babel was built (Gen. 11:1-6), and the city of Babylon. The name occurs later in Jewish history (Isa. 11:11; Zech. 5:11). Shinar was apparently first peopled by Turanian tribes, who tilled the land and made bricks and built cities. Then tribes of Semites invaded the land and settled in it, and became its rulers. This was followed in course of time by an Elamite invasion; from which the land was finally delivered by Khammurabi, the son of Amarpel (“Amraphel, king of Shinar,” Gen.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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