Lexical Definition

‎שִׁיחוֹר‎ Shîychôwr (shee-khore') Shihor ^N:N--L
or שִׁחוֹר Shichôwr (sheekhore'); or שִׁחֹר Shichôr (shee-khore'); probably from ‎שָׁחַר‎; dark, i.e. turbid

Shihor, Sihor.

• § Shihor or Sihor = "dark"
• Shichor, a stream of Egypt

1) a river or canal on east border of Egypt and a branch of the Nile

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שָׁחַר

‎שִׁיחוֺר‎ proper name, of a river on border of Egypt, probably east branch of Nile; — ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ Josh 13:3, ‎מִצְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Chr 13:5 clearly = Nile, ‎זֶרַע שִׁחֹר‎ Isa 23:3 (|| ‎יְאוֺר קְצִיר‎), ‎מֵי שִׁחוֺר‎ Jer 2:18 compare Dl^{Pa 311} Wilson^{Hast. DB SHIHOR} (usually derived from I. ‎שׁחר‎, as black water, but doubtful).

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