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title: סְוֵנֵה — Syene · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְוֵנֵה (5482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Syene. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Syene. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְוֵנֵה

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«סְוֵנֵה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Syene** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5482 · **BDB:** סְרֵן

### Glosses

Syene (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Syene [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Syene [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** , סְוֵנֵה n.pr.loc. Syene, city on S. border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phr. (וְעַד־גְּבוּל כּוּשׁ) מִמִּגְדֹּל ס׳ Ez 29:10 cf. 30:6, read prob. סְוֵ֫נָה or סְוָ֫נָה (Copt. Suan), c. ה loc. (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egypt. Sun, Copt. Suan, mod. أَسُوَان, Aswân; 𝔊 ἕως Συηνης; read prob. סְוָן also 30:16 (for MT סִין q.v.) 𝔊 Συηνη.—See further JosBJ iv. 10, 5 Strabo xxxii. 817–820, BrugschGeogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247 Bd.Egyptian 4, 324 f. BudgeNile 284.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְוֵנֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 30:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.6/)

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כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽפְלוּ֙ סֹמְכֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם וְיָרַ֖ד גְּא֣וֹן עֻזָּ֑הּ מִמִּגְדֹּ֣ל סְוֵנֵ֗ה בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ יִפְּלוּ־בָ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh and they.will.fall \[those.who\].support (of).Egypt and it.will.come.down the.pride its.strength her from Migdol Syene by the sword they.will.fall in it the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

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[Ezekiel 29:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.10/)

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לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְאֶל־יְאֹרֶ֑יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֞י אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם לְחָרְבוֹת֙ חֹ֣רֶב שְׁמָמָ֔ה מִמִּגְדֹּ֥ל סְוֵנֵ֖ה וְעַד־גְּב֥וּל כּֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* therefore here I \[am\].against you and against canals your and I.will.make (et) the.land of.Egypt (into) ruins of.destruction a.desolation from Migdol Syene and to the.border of.Cush

*JPS 1917:* Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

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