be translated Sm S-iTS. In the A. V. of Hab. iii, 1, the rendering is " upon shigionoth," as if shigionoth were some musical instrument. But under such circum- stances \il (p'S) must not be translated " upon" in the sense of playing upon an instrument. Of this use there is not a single undoubted example in prose, although playing on musical instruments is frequently referred to ; and in poetry, although there is one passage (Psa. xcii, 3) where the word might be so translated, it might equally well be rendered there " to the accompaniment of" the musical instruments therein specified; and this translation is preferable. Some writers even doubt whether \d signifies " upon" when preceding the sup- posed musical instruments Gittith,Machalath,Neginath, Nechiloth, Shushan, Shoshannim (Psa. viii, 1 ; Ixxxi, 1 ; Ixxxiv, 1 ; liii, 1 ; Ixxxviii, 1 ; Ixi, 1 ; v, 1 ; Ix, 1 ; xlv, 1 ; Ixix, 1 ; Ixxx, 1). Indeed, all these words are regarded by Ewald (Poet. Bi'ich. i, 77) as meaning mu- sical keys, and by Flirst (s. vv. ) as meaning musical bands. Whatever may be thought of the proposed sub- stitutes, it is very singular, if those six words signify mu- sical instruments, that not one of them should be mention- ed elsewhere in the whole Bible. — Smith. See Psalms, Shigmu, in Chinese mythology, was the mother of Fo. While still a virgin she ate a lotus-flower, found while bathing, and was thus impregnated by some deitj'. The fruit of this intercourse was Fo.
Shi'hon (Heb. Shion', "(1X''^\ ruin; Sept. "Emvcl Y.r.'S.udv; YuXg.Seon; A. V. originally "Shion"), a town of Issachar, named only in Josh, xix, 19, where it occurs between Haphraim and Anaharath. Eusebins and Je- rome {Onomast.) mention it as then existing "near Mount Tailor." A name resembling it at present in that neighborhood is the Khirbet ShiHn of Dr. Schulz (Zimmermann, Map of Galilee, 1861), one and a half mile north-west of Deburieh. This is probably the place mentioned by Schwarz {Palest, p. 166) as " Sain between Duberieh and Jafa." The identification is, however, very uncertain, since Shi'in appears to con- tain the Ain, while the Hebrew name does not. — Smith. On this and other accounts we prefer the position of the modern village esh-Shnjei-ah, a little north of Tabor (Robinson, Researches, iii, 219, note).
Shi'hor (Heb. Shichor', 'nin'^Tl'' [thus only in Josh. xiii, 3 ; 1 Chron. xiii, 5], or "ihiia [Jer. ii, 18], or ^Huj [Isa. xxiii, 3], dark; once with the art. "iinitt.''ri, Josh, xiii, 3, and once with the addition "of Egypt," 1 Chron. xiii, 5 ; Sept. Vi^wv, rj aioiKr]Tog, opia, and fiETajioXfj ; Vulg. Sihor, Nilus,Jiuvins turbidus, and aqua turbid a ; A. V. " Sihor" in all passages except 1 Chron. xiii, 5), one of the names given to the river Nile, probably aris- ing from its turbid waters, like the Greek MfX«c (Gesen. Thesarirus, s. v.). Several other names of the Nile may be compared. NeTXoc itself, if it be, as is generally sup- posed, of Iranian origin, signifies " the blue," that is, " the dark" rather than the turbid ; for we must then compare the Sanscrit Nilah. " blue," probably especially " dark blue," also even " black," as " black mud." The Arabic azrak, "blue," signifies "dark" in the name Bahr el- Azrak, or Blue River, applied to the eastern of the two great confluents of the Nile. Still nearer is the Latin Melo, from ^dXar, a name of the Nile, according to Festus and Servius («fZ I7r//. G-Vorr/. iv,291 ; ^'£n.i,745; iv, 246); but little stress can be laid upon such a word resting on no better authority. With the classical writers it is the soil of Egypt that is black rather than its river. So, too, in hieroglyphics, the name of the country, Kern, means " the black ;" but there is no name of the Nile of like signification. In the ancient painted sculptures, however, the figure of the Nile-god is colored differently according as it represents the river during the time of the inundation, and during the rest of the year; in the former case red, in the latter blue. See Nile.
There are but three occurrences of Shihor unqualified
SIIIHOR
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SHILHIM