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title: סִין — Sin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִין (lemma:סִין), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Sin. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִין

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«סִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sin** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:סִין · **BDB:** סִין²

### Glosses

of.Sin (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5d9_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. wilderness between Elim and Sinai, מִדְבַּר־סִין, according to P, Ex 16:1; 17:1 Nu 33:11, 12; 𝔊 Σειν, A 𝔊L Σιν; cf. EbGS 2. 155 ff. and especially Di Ex 16:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b4_5d9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.12/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִמִּדְבַּר־סִ֑ין וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּדָפְקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from the.wilderness of.Sin and they.encamped at Dophka

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and pitched in Dophkah.

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[Numbers 33:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.11/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִיַּם־ס֑וּף וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּמִדְבַּר־סִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from.\[the\] sea of.reed\[s\] and they.encamped in the.wilderness of.Sin

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.

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