STRONGS NUMBER H5512

H5512. Ciyn

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.}); — Ezekiel 30:15 (ᵐ5‎ Σαιν accusative), + 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, Exodus 16:1; 17:1; Numbers 33:11; 3:12; ᵐ5‎ Σειν, A ᵐ5‎^L Σιν; compare Eb^{GS 2. 155 ff.} and especially Di^{Exodus 16:1}.