hebrew #5515 - סִינִים Sinim (inhab. of unc. location)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Sinim Plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region -- Sinim. Englishman's Concordance Sinim=“thorns” 1) a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China Part of Speech: adjective proper plural A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of an otherwise unknown name Brown-Driver-Briggsסְוֵנִיםadjective, of a people pluralSyenites, so (or סְוָנִים) read probably for סִינִים (q. v.) Isaiah 49:12. סִינִיםadjective, of a people plural=substantive; ׳אֶרֶץ סIsaiah 49:12, identification with Chinese by Thes948-950 De CheComm. and others; but see see RichthofenChina i. 436 f., 504, reviewed by YuleAcad. xiii. 339; Di Du; T. de LacouperieBOR i. 45 ff., 183 ff., who thinks of Šina, at foot of Hindu Kush, but unlikely; read probably סְוֵנִים (or סְוָנִים), so CheIntr. Is. 275, and Hpt., compare already JDMich. סִיסJeremiah 8:7 Qr see I. סוּס. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5515. סִינִים (Sinim) — 1 OccurrenceIsaiah 49:12 |