shī ́nar (שׁנער, shin‛ar; Σεναάρ, Senaár, Σεν(ν)αάρ, Sen(n)aár):
The name given, in the earliest Hebrew records, to Babylonia, later called Babel, or the land of Babel (bābhel,‘erec bābhel). In Genesis 10:10 it is the district wherein lay Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, cities which were the “beginning” of Nimrod’s kingdom. In Genesis 11:2 Shinar is described as the land of the plain where migrants from the East settled, and founded Babel, the city, and its great tower.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Shinar, Sippar, Kes, Babylon, Nippur, Surippak, Umma, Erech, Lagas, Larsa, Ur, Eridu, The Land of the Sea, Nisin, Isin, Karrak, Assyria, Babel, Akkad
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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