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šinʿār שִׁנְעָר ‘Shinar’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably of foreign derivation

šinʿār pr n loc
Shinar = "country of two rivers"
1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea

Mentioned in Genesis 10:10, 14:9, 14:1, 11:2 Joshua 7:21 Isaiah 11:11 Zechariah 5:11 Daniel 1:2

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