שנער

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Akkadian 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (Šumerum, “Sumer”), Egyptian sꜣngꜣr (“Babylonia”), Hittite 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (/⁠šanhar(a)⁠/), all likely ultimately from Sumerian 𒌦𒊕𒈪𒂵 (ug̃₃ sag̃-gig₂-ga /⁠ug̃ Sag̃-Giga⁠/, “Sumerians”, literally “black-headed people”) or 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (ki-en-gi /⁠Kengir⁠/, “Sumer”, literally “place of the noble lords”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈʕaːr/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈʕɔːr/ [ʃinˈʕɔːʀ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈʕɔr/ [ʃinˈʕɔːr]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈ(ʔ)ɒr/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈʕar/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈŋar/ (West), /ʃinˈʕar/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈ(ʔ)ɔr/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃinˈ(ʔ)ar/

Proper noun

שִׁנְעָר • (shin'ár)

1. Shinar, a place in Babylonia
   • Tanach, Genesis 10:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶךְ וְאַכַּד וְכַלְנֵה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר׃

     vat'hí reshít mamlakhtó bavél v'érekh v'akád v'khalné b'érets shin'ár.
     wattəhî rēšîṯ mamlaḵtô bāḇél wəʾéreḵ wəʾakkáḏ wəḵalnê bəʾéreṣ šinʿâr.

     And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

References

• H8152 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible