1. Zin (wilderness region) — Proper noun referring to the wilderness of Zin, a desert region in the southern Negev through which Israel passed during the Exodus, encompassing Kadesh-barnea. All four clusters represent the same geographic referent with minor transliteration and directional suffix variation (Zin/Tsin/Tzin/Tzinah). Multilingual glosses confirm identity: Spanish Zin/Tsin/Zina, Arabic صِينَ/صِنَةَ/صينَ (all Zin), Korean 신 (Sin), Hindi सीन/सिन/सीना (Seen/Sin/Seena), Swahili Sini/Sina. No semantic distinction exists between these clusters. 10×
AR["صينَ","صينَةَ","صِنَةَ","صِينَ"]·ben["সিন","সিনা","সিনের","সীনাতে","সীনের"]·DE["Tsin","Tzin","Tzinah","Zin","Zin-ward"]·EN["Tsin","Tzin","Tzinah","Zin","Zin-ward"]·FR["Tsin","Tsin-ward","Tzin","Tzinah"]·heb["צין","צן","צנה"]·HI["सिन","सिन-में","सिना","सीन","सीन-की-ओर","सीन-के"]·ID["Zin"]·IT["Tsin","Tsin-ward","Tzin","Tzinah"]·jav["Tsin","Tsina","Zin","Zina"]·KO["신","신으로","신을","신의"]·PT["Tsin","Tsinah","Tsinah-a","Zim"]·RU["Цин","Цину","в-Цин"]·ES["Sin","Tsin","Zin","Zina","a-Tsin"]·SW["Sina","Sini","la-Sini"]·TR["Tsin","Tsin'e","Tsin'in","Tsine","Zin'in"]·urd["صن-کے","صِن","صِنہ","صین","صین-کے","صینا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִן n.pr.loc. Σ(ε)ιν; name of wilderness S. of Canaan, where lay Kadesh Barnea, c. ה loc. צִ֫נָה Nu 34:4 (where LagBN 47 חצן), Jos 15:3 (van d. H. צִ֫נָּה in Jos); elsewhere מִדְבַּר־צִן Nu 13:21; 20:1; 27:14(×2); 33:36; 34:3 Dt 32:51; Jos 15:1 (all P).