Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Walter Mattfeld" <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>]

Can someone advise me if the "wilderness of Zin" near Kadesh-Barnea was ever
rendered ha-sina or h-sina,  something to that effect ?

I note some observations on Zin-

"Num 43:4; and Josh 15:3, where MT sina, "to Zin," is rendered "Senna" in
both LXX and Latin Vulgate...In both Num 34:4 and Josh 15:3 the name "Zin"
occurs with the locative h- in a context that suggests a distinction between
Zin and the Wilderness of Zin. Some have interpreted these passages as
evidence that there was a specific place, located between Kadesh and the
ascent of Akrabbim named Zin from which the wilderness derived its name."
(Vol.6, p. 1096, David R. Seely, "Zin, Wilderness of," Anchor Bible
Dictionary. 1992)

All the best, Walter

Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld
Walldorf by Heidelberg
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
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