Lexicon Cveneh: Syene Original Word: סְוֵנֵהPart of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Cveneh Phonetic Spelling: (sev-ay-nay') Short Definition: Syene Brown-Driver-Briggs [ סְוֵן, < סְרָן], סְוֵנֵה proper name, of a location Syene, city on southern border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phrase (וְעַדגְּֿבוּל כּוּשׁ) ׳מִמִּגְדֹּל ס Ezekiel 29:10; compare Ezekiel 30:6, read probably סְוֵ֫נָה or < סְוָ֫נָה (Coptic Suan), with ה locative (JDMich Sm Co Berthol) = Egyptian Sun, Coptic Suan, modern  Aswân; ᵐ5 ἔως Συηνης; read probably סְוָן also Ezekiel 30:16 (for ᵑ0 סִין q. v.) ᵐ5 Συηνη. — See further JosBJ iv. 10, 5 Straboxxxii.817-820, BrugschGeogr. Inscr. i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247 BdEgypt.4.323f. BudgeNile 284.
Strong's Syene (rather to be written Cvenah {sev-ay'-naw}; for Cven {sev-ane'}; i.e to Seven); of Egyptian derivation; Seven, a place in Upper Egypt -- Syene. |
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