Original Word: שְׁנִיר
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Transliteration: Shniyr
Pronunciation: sheh-NEER
Phonetic Spelling: (shen-eer')
KJV: Senir, Shenir
NASB: Senir
Word Origin: [from an unused root meaning to be pointed]

1. peak
2. Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon

Senir, Shenir

Or Sniyr {sen-eer'}; from an unused root meaning to be pointed; peak; Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon -- Senir, Shenir.

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
Amorite name for Mount Hermon
NASB Translation
Senir (4).

שְׂנִיר proper name, of a mountain Σανειρ: Amorite name of Hermon Deuteronomy 3:9, whence came cypress-trees Ezekiel 27:5, probably northern peak(s) of Hermon 1 Chronicles 5:23; Songs 4:8 (where + חֶרְמוֺן); so Arabic Abulf^{ed. Par. 68}, Syriac , Ecclus 24:13 al., Assyrian Saniru COT^{Deuteronomy 3:9} Dl^{Pa 104}. See also Dr^{Deuteronomy 3:9} Buhl^{Geogr. 110 f.} and references [van d. H. erroneous ׳שׁ Deuteronomy Cant].

שׂעף (√ of following; Thes and others identification with סעף divide (q. v.), whence following as branching out, involved; Ba^{ES 56} compare strike the () pericardium, be disquieted by a thing).

וּשְׂנִ֥יר ושניר מִשְּׂנִיר֙ משניר שְׂנִֽיר׃ שְׂנִיר֙ שניר שניר׃ miś·śə·nîr misseNir miśśənîr śə·nîr seNir śənîr ū·śə·nîr useNir ūśənîrInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts