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sīn סִין ‘Sin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of uncertain derivation
Variants: סִין, סִין

sīn pr n loc
ASin = "thorn" or "clay"
1) a town in eastern Egypt
BSin = "thorn" or "clay"1) the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai

Mentioned in Exodus 16:1, 17:1 Numbers 33:12, 33:11 Ezekiel 30:16, 30:15

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