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SHINAR*

Name for a district of Babylonia mentioned exclusively in the Bible. The plain of Shinar comprised the region approximately from modern Baghdad to the Persian Gulf. In the ancient world this was the region of Sumer (south) and Akkad (north), which later became generally known as Babylonia (Dn 1:2, NLT mg). The renowned cities of Erech, Akkad, and Babel (Babylon) all were in Shinar as a part of the kingdom of Nimrod, son of Cush (Gn 10:10). Genesis 11:2 also mentions Shinar in connection with the Tower of Babel. In Genesis 14:1 and 9, we read about Amraphel, “king of Shinar,” who was part of an eastern league in war with Abraham and the residents of Transjordan. Shinar’s identification with a district of Babylon becomes clear in Israel’s exile. Shinar is the destination of Nebuchadnezzar’s new subjects (Dn 1:2) and the place of Israel’s later rescue (Is 11:11; cf. Zec 5:11).

Show passage in OET: DAN 1:2

OET-RV DAN 1:2

2 After two years, the master allowed King Yehoyakim to be defeated by Nevukadnetsar who then took some of the items out of the temple and took them to Shin’ar where he placed them in his god’s temple storerooms.

OET-LV DAN 1:2

2 And_ my_master _he/it _gave in_his/its_hand DOM Yəhōyāqīm the _king _of Yəhūdāh and_from_(the)_sum of _the _vessels _of of _the _house _of the_ʼElohīm and_he/it _brought_them the _land _of Shinˊār the _house _of his/its_god and_DOM the_vessels he _brought the _house _of the _treasury _of his/its_god.

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:10

OET-RV GEN 10:10

10 His kingdom began in the cities of Bavel, Erek, Akad, and Keleneh, all in the Shin’ar region.

OET-LV GEN 10:10

10 And_it _became the _beginning _of his/its_kingdom Bāⱱel and_Erech and_Akkad and_Kələneh in_land of _Shinˊār.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:2

OET-RV GEN 11:2

2 and as they migrated from the east, they discovered a plain in the Shin’ar region and settled there.

OET-LV GEN 11:2

2 And_he/it _was on_their_pulling _out from_east and_they _found a _plain in_land of _Shinˊār and_they _lived there.

Show passage in OET: GEN 14:1

OET-RV GEN 14:1

14 At the time when Amrafel was king of Shin’ar, Areyok was king of Elasar, Kedorla’omer was king of Eylam, and Tid’al was king of the Goyim,

OET-LV GEN 14:1

14 And_he/it _was in_the _days _of Amraphel the _king _of Shinˊār ʼArəyōk the _king _of Ellasar Kedorlaomer the _king _of ˊĒylām and_Tidˊāl the _king _of Gōy.

Show passage in OET: ISA 11:11

OET-RV ISA 11:11

11 At that time, my master will again exercise his power to recover a remnant of his people who remain in Ashur (Assyria), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Patros, Kush (Ethiopia), Eylam, Shin’ar, Hamat, and from various islands.

OET-LV ISA 11:11

11 And_it _was in _the_day (the)_that my_master he _will _repeat a _second_time his/its_hand to_acquire DOM the _remnant _of his _people _of_his which it _will _remain from_ʼAshshūr and_from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_from_Patrōş and_from_Kūsh/(Cush) and_from_ˊĒylām and_from_Shinˊār and_from_Ḩₐmāt and_from_the _islands _of the_sea.

Show passage in OET: ZEC 5:11

OET-RV ZEC 5:11

11 “To build a temple for it in Bavel (Babylon),” he replied. “And when it’s ready, it’ll be set on a base there.”

OET-LV ZEC 5:11

11 And_he/it _said to_me to_build for_it a _house in_land of _Shinˊār and_it _will _be _prepared and_it _will _be _placed there on its _own _stand _of_on.

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See also Babylon, Babylonia.