סִין

I. סִין proper name, of a location Sin, i.e. Pelusium, east frontier city of Egypt (Egyptian 'Imt = clay, of which סין is translated (compare Aramaic סְיָן clay), according to Steind^{BAS i. 599}, who compare IIηλούσιον(πηλός = dirt, mud), compare Brugsch^{Dict. Géogr. 1081 ff.}); — Ezek 30:15 (ᵐ5 Σαιν accusative), + vEzek 30:16, but here Co Toy read plausibly סון, i.e. סְוָן = Syene (see [סְוָן], סְוֵנֵה), ᵐ5 συηνη. — On Pelusium see Bd^{Egypt.4 (1898), 169}.

II. סִין proper name, of a location wilderness between Elim and Sinai, מִדְבַּרסִֿין, according to P, Exod 16:1; Exod 17:1; Num 33:11; Num 3:12 ᵐ5 Σειν, A ᵐ5^L Σιν; compare Eb^{GS 2. 155 ff.} and especially Di^{Exod 16:1}.