Original Word: סִינִים
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: Sinim
Phonetic Spelling: (see-neem')
Short Definition: Sinim סְוֵנִים adjective, of a people plural Syenites, so (or סְוָנִים) read probably for סִינִים (q. v.) Isaiah 49:12.

סִינִים adjective, of a people plural = substantive; ׳אֶרֶץ ס Isaiah 49:12, identification with Chinese by Thes^948-950 De Che^Comm. and others; but see see Richthofen^{China i. 436 f., 504}, reviewed by Yule^{Acad. xiii. 339}; Di Du; T. de Lacouperie^{BOR i. 45 ff., 183 ff.}, who thinks of Šina, at foot of Hindu Kush, but unlikely; read probably סְוֵנִים (or סְוָנִים), so Che^{Intr. Is. 275}, and Hpt., compare already JDMich.

סִיס Jeremiah 8:7 Qr see I. סוּס.

Sinim

Plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region -- Sinim.

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