1. Shinar (place name) — Proper noun שִׁנְעָר (Shin'ar): the ancient region in southern Mesopotamia associated with Babel/Babylon (Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1; Isa 11:11; Dan 1:2; Zech 5:11). S142950 covers bare occurrences of the name, S142952 adds the conjunction and preposition 'and from Shinar'. All translations preserve the same toponym: eng Shinar, spa Sinar, hin शिनर, arb شِنْعَار, kor 시날, swa Shinari. The conjunction/preposition attachment is syntactic, not a distinct referent or meaning. 8×
AR["شِنعاريّاً","شِنْعَارَ","وَ-مِنْ-شِنْعَارَ"]·ben["ও-শিনয়ার-থেকে","শিনয়রের","শিনারের","শিন্যারের"]·DE["Schinar","Shinar","[ומשנער]","[שנער]","von-Schinar"]·EN["Shin'ar","Shinar","and-from-Shinar"]·FR["Schinear","Shinar","[ומשנער]"]·heb["ו-מ-שנער","שנער"]·HI["और-शिनार-से","शिनर","शिनर-क","शिनार","शिनार-का","शिनार-के"]·ID["Sinear","dan-dari-Sinear"]·IT["Scinear","Shinar","[ומשנער]","[שנער]"]·jav["Sinar","Sinear","Sinéar","lan-saking-Sinar"]·KO["시날","시날-에서","시날로","시날의","시냠의"]·PT["Shin'ar","Shinar","e-de-Shin'ar"]·RU["Сеннаар","Шинар","Шинара","и-из-Шинара"]·ES["Shinar","Shinár","Sinar","de-Sinar","y-de-Shinar"]·SW["Shinari","na-kutoka-Shinari"]·TR["Shinar'ın","ve-den-Shinar'dan","Şinar'dan","Şinar'in","Şinar'ın"]·urd["اور-شنعار-سے","شنعار","شنعار-کا","شنعار-کی"]
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† שִׁנְעָר n. pr. loc. Shinar = Babylonia (= Bab. Šumêr according to COT Gn 11:1 al., > denied by Hal Rev. Crit. 1883, 44 Jen ZK ii (1885), 419; Egypt; Sangar (WMMAs. u. Eur. 279), TelAm. Šanḫar (Wkl TelAm. 25) identif. with שׁ׳ by Mey Egyptiaca 63; cf., further, PinchesHast DB shinar);—אֶרֶץ שׁ׳ Gn 10:10; 11:2; Zc 5:11; Dn 1:2; מֶלֶךְ־שׁ׳ (Amraphel) Gn 14:1, 9; שׁ׳ alone Is 11:11 (as place of diaspora); אַדֶּרֶת שׁ׳ Jos 7:21; 𝔊 usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zc 5:11 (ἐν γῇ) Βαβυλῶνος.