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sīnīm סִינִים ‘Sinim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: plural of an otherwise unknown name

sīnīm pr n loc gen
Sinim = "thorns"
1) a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China

Mentioned in Isaiah 49:12

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