Lexical Summary Cveneh: a city on the S. border of Egypt Original Word: סְוֵנֵהTransliteration: Cveneh Phonetic Spelling: (sev-ay-nay') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city on the S. border of Egypt Meaning: Syene -- a city on the southern border of Egypt Strong's Concordance 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. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5482. Cveneh [סְוֵן, < סְרָן], סְוֵנֵה proper name, of a location Syene, city on southern border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phrase (כּוּשׁ וְעַדגְּֿבוּל) ס ׳מִמִּגְדֹּל Ezekiel 29:10; compare 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 30:16 (for סִין ᵑ0 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. |
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