שִׁנְעָר

שִׁנְעָר proper name, of a location Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COT^{Gen 11:1} and others, > denied by Hal^{Rev. Crit. 1883, 44} Jen^{ZK ii(1885), 419}; Egyptian Sangar (WMM^As.u.Eur.279), Tel Amarna Šan—ar (Wkl^{TelAm. 25}) identification with ׳שׁ by Mey^{Egyptiaca 63}; compare, further, Pinches^{Hast. DB SHINAR}); — ׳אֶרֶץ שׁ Gen 10:10; Gen 11:2; Zech 5:11; Dan 1:2 ׳מֶלֶךְשֿׁ (Amraphel) Gen 14:2; Gen 14:9 ׳שׁ alone Isa 11:11 (as place of diaspora); ׳אַדֶּרֶת שׁ Josh 7:21 ᵐ5 usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zech 5:11 (ἐν γῆ) Βαβυλῶνος.

שְׁנָת sleep, see שֵׁנָה below יָשֵׁן.