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Syene—a city on the southern border of Egypt, modern Aswan, representing Egypt's southernmost extent
Syene was a city at Egypt's southern frontier, near the first cataract of the Nile, in the region bordering Ethiopia (Cush). The name appears in Ezekiel's prophecies against Egypt, in the phrase 'from Migdol to Syene' (Ezekiel 29:10; 30:6), denoting the entire length of Egypt from north to south. The city is identified with ancient Egyptian Suan, Coptic Suan, and modern Aswan. It marked the practical southern limit of Egyptian civilization and was known for its granite quarries. Ezekiel uses it as a geographical marker to indicate the totality of Egypt's judgment—from one end of the land to the other.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of a city on Egypt's southern border, modern Aswan, appearing in Ezekiel 29:10 and 30:6 in the phrase 'from Migdol to Syene,' representing the full north-south extent of Egypt. This geographical marker emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's judgment upon Egypt—affecting the entire land from border to border. The multilingual glosses transliterate the name (Syene, Sevene, Seveneh), recognizing it as a specific location at the threshold between Egypt and Nubia, a city known in classical and biblical times as the southern gateway of Egyptian territory. 2×
AR["سَوِينَةَ"]·ben["সেবেনের"]·DE["[סונה]"]·EN["Syene"]·FR["Seveneh"]·heb["סוונה"]·HI["स्वेने"]·ID["Syene"]·IT["[סונה]"]·jav["Sewéné", "Syene"]·KO["스웨네까지-"]·PT["Seveneh"]·RU["Сиены"]·ES["Sevene"]·SW["Siene"]·TR["Sevene'ye"]·urd["سوینہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [סְרֵן, סְוָן] , סְוֵנֵה n.pr.loc. Syene, city on S. border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phr. (וְעַד־גְּבוּל כּוּשׁ) מִמִּגְדֹּל ס׳ Ez 29:10 cf. 30:6, read prob. סְוֵ֫נָה or סְוָ֫נָה (Copt. Suan), c. ה loc. (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egypt. Sun, Copt. Suan, mod. أَسُوَان, Aswân; 𝔊 ἕως Συηνης; read prob. סְוָן also 30:16 (for MT סִין q.v.) 𝔊 Συηνη.—See further JosBJ iv. 10, 5 Strabo xxxii. 817–820, BrugschGeogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247 Bd.Egyptian 4, 324 f. BudgeNile 284.