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<p> ''''' shı̄´nab ''''' ( שׁנאב , <i> ''''' shin'ābh ''''' </i> ; Samaritan: שׁנאר , <i> ''''' shin'ār ''''' </i> ; Σενναάρ , <i> ''''' Sennaár ''''' </i> ): King of [[Admah]] (which see). He is mentioned with Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; he was attacked by [[Chedorlaomer]] and his allies ( [[Genesis]] 14:2 ). The reading is very uncertain. If the incident narrated is founded on fact, [[Shinab]] may be identical with Sanibu, an [[Ammonite]] king in the time of Tiglath-pileser Iii (so French Delitzsch, <i> Wo lag das Paradies? </i> 294); or the name may be equated by the [[Assyrian]] <i> '''''Sin''''' </i> - <i> '''''šar''''' </i> - <i> '''''uṣur''''' </i> (compare "Shenazzar"), and Shem-eber with the Assyrian <i> '''''Sumu''''' </i> - <i> '''''abi''''' </i> (Sayce, <i> The Expository Times </i> , VIII, 463). [[Jewish]] exegesis gives a sinister explanation of all four names ( Genesis 14:2 ). The [[Midrash]] (Ber. Rab. 42) explains Shinab as ממּון שׁואב , <i> '''''shō'ebh''''' </i> <i> '''''māmmōn''''' </i> , "one who draws money (wherever he can)." It is of interest to note that the names fall into two alliterative pairs and that each king's name contains exactly as many letters as that of his city. On the whole, however, the list leaves an impression of artificiality; as the names are not repeated in Genesis 14:8 , it is highly probable that they are later additions to the text. </p>