Shinar

Related to Shinar: Tower of Babel, Hamath

Shi·nar

(shī′nər, -när′)

In the Bible, a country on the lower courses of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

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Shinar

(ˈʃaɪnə)

(Bible) Old Testament the southern part of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, often identified with Sumer; Babylonia

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Shi•nar

(ˈʃaɪ nɑr)

n.

a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.

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As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had the honor to be served by the priest Berosus, who wrote the famous account of the Deluge; as Babel he had a tower partly erected to his glory on the Plain of Shinar. From Babel comes our English word "babble." Under whatever name worshiped, Baal is the Sun-god.

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As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Nimrod's defiance against the Lord

The tale tells of humanity in the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating westward, where they arrive at the land of Shinar. There they build a tower tall enough to reach heaven.

A Babel of painted letters

(15.) Mor A, Shinar Y, Zaks N, Langevitz P, Chetrit A, Shtrasburg S, et al.

Treatment of familial mediterranean fever with canakinumab in patients who are unresponsive to colchicine

En lineas generales, podemos identificar este paradigma con la presencia de los siguientes rasgos (Shinar, 2007):

Comunicacion para la violencia y la paz. Limites y desafios en el desarrollo de un modelo informativo para la resolucion pacifica de conflictos/Peace and violence communication. Limits and challenges in the development of a peaceful conflict resolution informative model

Pruett et al., 2009; Roudaki, 2010; Giacomin et al., 2011; Shinar, Giacomin and Janssen, 2012; Keat and Ahmad, 2012; Amentie and Negash, 2014; Pruett and Sesen, 2017), age (e.g.

Analysis of Barriers on Student Spin-Offs Intention

Shinar et al., "MEFV mutation analysis in patients suffering from amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever," Amyloid, vol.

A Case of Familial Mediterranean Fever with Extensive Lymphadenopathy and Complex Heterozygous Genotype Presenting in the Fourth Decade

Shinar [6] defined aggressive driving as the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property.

The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

In fact, changes in muscular activity of the chin at the beginning of sleep are not well characterized (Ogilvie, 2001; Shinar, Akselrod, Dagan, & Baharav, 2006).

Detection of electroencephalographic, electromyographic, and cardiac variations during wake-sleep transition through change point analysis

Others believe (Cottle, 2006; Galtung, 2000; Shinar 2007; Nohrsedt, 2009) war stories are newsworthy because these are dramatic, carry impact; and attract large audience.

Reporting Sectarian Incidents: Examining the escalatory and de-escalatory discourses in the Pakistan News Media

VP Director of MDA Blood Services, Professor Eilat Shinar said: "Establishing the National Mother's Milk Bank will significantly enhance the resources required to treat premature babies and other newborns.