Hebrew word · H5482

סְוֵנֵה

seveneh

Syene

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Syene = "her veiling (?)"

a town of Egypt on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia

Also named: si.nim (סִינִים "Syene" H5515)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezekiel · 2

  1. Ezekiel 29:10 סְוֵנֵ֖ה Syene

    therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

    Here: '[To] Syene': modern Aswan at the First Cataract, Egypt's traditional southern limit. The final -ēh is probably the Hebrew ending meaning 'toward', so it reads 'Syene-ward'.

  2. Ezekiel 30:6 סְוֵנֵ֗ה Syene

    For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

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