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sᵊwēnēh סְוֵנֵה ‘Syene’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Egyptian origin

sᵊwēnēh pr n loc
Syene = "her veiling (?)"
1) a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia

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2014 — 2024 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
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