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| ⚫ | '''"Shinar"''' (Hebrew שנער, Septuagint ''Senaar'') is a broad designation applied to ], occurring eight times in the ]. In the ] 10:10, the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom is said to have been "], and ], and ], and ], in the land of Shinar." The following chapter, 11:2, states that Shinar was a plain settled after the flood, where mankind, still speaking one language, built the ]. In ''Genesis'' 14:1,9 Shinar is the land ruled by king ], usually identified with ], who reigned in Babylon. "Shinar" is further mentioned in '']'' 7:21; '']'' 11:11; and '']'' 5:11, as a general synonym for Babylonia. | ||
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| If Shinar included both ] ("Babel") and Erech, then "Shinar" broadly denoted both northern and southern Babylonia. Any cognate relation with "]" or "Shumer", an Akkadian name used for a non-Semitic people who called themselves ''Kiengir'', is not simple to explain and has been the subject of varied speculation. It is certain that the Egyptian term for Babylonia / Mesopotamia was ''Sangar'', a name appearing often in the ]. | |||
| ⚫ | '''Shinar''' (Hebrew שנער, Septuagint ''Senaar'') |
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| According to ], it is likely, arising from association with "]", that ''Shinar'' signifies the land of the Mesopotamian moon god '']'', whose earliest temple was at Ur. Sin had a network of temples spanning across the fertile crescent, including a prominent temple in Babylon and one of its famous Gates, also a major temple in Harran, and probably another in Jericho, that most ancient city, whose name means "Place of the Moon God." | |||
| Although the boundaries of the land are not certainly known, the Book of Jubilees 9:3 records that the land of Shinar was allocated to Asshur, second son of ], and this strongly supports a location in the northern part of Mesopotamia. As Arpachshad, third son of Shem, was allocated all the lands of the Chaldees to the east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Red Sea (9:4), Shinar is not located in southern Mesopotamia. | |||
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"Shinar" (Hebrew שנער, Septuagint Senaar) is a broad designation applied to Mesopotamia, occurring eight times in the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Genesis 10:10, the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom is said to have been "Babel, and Uruk, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." The following chapter, 11:2, states that Shinar was a plain settled after the flood, where mankind, still speaking one language, built the Tower of Babel. In Genesis 14:1,9 Shinar is the land ruled by king Amraphel, usually identified with Hammurabi, who reigned in Babylon. "Shinar" is further mentioned in Joshua 7:21; Isaiah 11:11; and Zechariah 5:11, as a general synonym for Babylonia.
If Shinar included both Babylon ("Babel") and Erech, then "Shinar" broadly denoted both northern and southern Babylonia. Any cognate relation with "Sumer" or "Shumer", an Akkadian name used for a non-Semitic people who called themselves Kiengir, is not simple to explain and has been the subject of varied speculation. It is certain that the Egyptian term for Babylonia / Mesopotamia was Sangar, a name appearing often in the Amarna letters.
According to H. Welsh, it is likely, arising from association with "Ur of the Chaldees", that Shinar signifies the land of the Mesopotamian moon god Sin, whose earliest temple was at Ur. Sin had a network of temples spanning across the fertile crescent, including a prominent temple in Babylon and one of its famous Gates, also a major temple in Harran, and probably another in Jericho, that most ancient city, whose name means "Place of the Moon God."