Shinar

      Shinar - Region

      meaning: watch of him that sleeps

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    Dictionary Summary: LXX. and Vulgate “Senaar;” in the inscriptions, “Shumir;” probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. Here the tower of Babel was built ([Gen. 11:1-6](/gen#Gen.11.1)), and the city of Babylon. The name occurs later in Jewish history ([Isa. 11:11](/isa#Isa.11.11); [Zech. 5:11](/zech#Zech.5.11)). Shinar was apparently first peopled by Turanian tribes, who tilled the land and made bricks and built cities. Then tribes of Semites invaded the land and settled in it, and became its rulers. This was followed in course of time by an Elamite invasion; from which the land was finally delivered by Khammurabi, the son of Amarpel (“Amraphel, king of Shinar,” [Gen. 14:1](/gen#Gen.14.1)), who became the founder of the new empire of Chaldea. (See AMRAPHEL.) 2

    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Gen
      10.10 11.2 14.1 14.9 
    Josh
      7.21 
    Isa
      11.11 
    Dan
      1.2 
    Zech
      5.11 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.