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סִין Sin

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 120×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 16:1 and last at Ezekiel 30:16.

Exodus 16:1שמות טז:א

וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽאֵילִם וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִין אֲשֶׁר בֵּין־אֵילִם וּבֵין סִינָי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 17:1שמות יז:א

וַיִּסְעוּ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּדְבַּר־סִין לְמַסְעֵיהֶם עַל־פִּי יְהוָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בִּרְפִידִים וְאֵין מַיִם לִשְׁתֹּת הָעָֽם

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 33:11במדבר לג:יא

וַיִּסְעוּ מִיַּם־סוּף וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמִדְבַּר־סִֽין

And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.

Numbers 33:12במדבר לג:יב

וַיִּסְעוּ מִמִּדְבַּר־סִין וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּדָפְקָֽה

And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and pitched in Dophkah.

Ezekiel 30:15יחזקאל ל:טו

וְשָׁפַכְתִּי חֲמָתִי עַל־סִין מָעוֹז מִצְרָיִם וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶת־הֲמוֹן נֹֽא

And I will pour My fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; And I will cut off the multitude of No.

Ezekiel 30:16יחזקאל ל:טז

וְנָתַתִּי אֵשׁ בְּמִצְרַיִם חוּל תחיל סִין וְנֹא תִּהְיֶה לְהִבָּקֵעַ וְנֹף צָרֵי יוֹמָֽם

And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, And No shall be rent asunder; And in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Sin?

Sin — סין in Hebrew — has a gematria of 120 in the standard method.

How many times is Sin named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Exodus 16:1.

A spelling is not a name. The written word סין stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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