sha.yin denotes the liquid drunk by men under siege in two parallel wall-side speeches.

The attested use names the liquid that men on the wall would drink in a threatened deprivation scenario; both occurrences place it alongside eating dung.

1. Liquid drunk in a siege threat · dominant

   In 2 Kings 18:27 and Isaiah 36:12, the construct plural form occurs in the clause about men sitting on the wall who would eat dung and drink this liquid. The APB renders the clauses with “drink their urine water” and “drink their own urine,” respectively.

   2 Kings 18:27Isaiah 36:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within the threatened diet of those on the wall, rendering the clause as “drink their urine water” in 2 Kings 18:27 and “drink their own urine” in Isaiah 36:12. These are translation renderings of whole clauses glosses.