The word sin comes from a Syriac term meaning to shine, and comes to us as sin via the Babylonian sinu, for the moon. Of course, the
This shining glare was also reflected upon the earth as a connection to the light of the sun, which can still be seen as alive in night.
Sin
term to shine will have those who have read my previous book, The Shining Ones, sitting up, as this is a celestial Shining One come down to earth. This shining aspect also comes through because the Desert of Sin was so named because of the glare from the white chalk. It seems that the moon is names Sin because it shines the by the light of the sun.