שנער
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Related to Akkadian 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (Šumerum, “Sumer”), Egyptian sꜣngꜣr (“Babylonia”), Hittite 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (/šanhar(a)/), all likely ultimately from Sumerian 𒌦𒊕𒈪𒂵 (ug̃₃ sag̃-gig₂-ga /ug̃ Sag̃-Giga/, “Sumerians”, literally “black-headed people”) or 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (ki-en-gi /Kengir/, “Sumer”, literally “place of the noble lords”).
Proper noun edit
שִׁנְעָר • (shin'ár)
- Shinar, a place in Babylonia
- Tanach, Genesis 10:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶךְ וְאַכַּד וְכַלְנֵה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר׃
- vat'hí reshít mamlakhtó bavél v'érekh v'akád v'khalné b'érets shin'ár.
wattəhī rēšīṯ mamlaḵtō bāḇel wəʾéreḵ wəʾakkaḏ wəḵalnē bəʾéreṣ šinʿār. - And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- vat'hí reshít mamlakhtó bavél v'érekh v'akád v'khalné b'érets shin'ár.