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Sinai

Sinai

23 6.3
A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula where Moses received the Ten Commandments
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsaɪnaɪ/
translation icon : Sinaí
  • And at that point, this same God of light appears to Moses on Mount Sinai, right?
  • Mount Sinai
  • Moses on Sinai
  • revelation at Sinai

And at that point, this same God of light appears to Moses on Mount Sinai, right?

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Examples

  • In the Old Testament, when Moses comes down Mount Sinai with the 10 Commandments, he is very upset to see his people worshiping a golden bull calf.

  • And the Lord went to Mount Sinai.

  • And then he comes down from Sinai, right, to see the class, the children of Israel, right?

  • Would you like to go into Mount Sinai now, this evening?

  • God himself gave it to the Jews on Sinai.

  • Do you deny the law revealed on Mount Sinai?

  • And as for the Ten Commandments that he brought down from Sinai, it is the foundation of our civilization.

  • The Torah is the law as given by God to Moses on Sinai.

  • While Moses was on Mount Sinai, Aaron was collecting gold to fashion a molten calf.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Moses received the Ten Commandments on Sinai, marking a pivotal moment in history.

Synonyms

Mount Sinai
vsSinai
4 4.1

A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments

is the shorter place name form omitting the explicit word for mountain

Compounds

4 4.1

A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments

A piece of land in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia

1 3.8

A large desert in northeastern Egypt between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea

Surface Forms

Sinai main

Etymology

Sinai for the mountain uses the same old place name as the region, so Mount Sinai simply means the peak of that land and is remembered as the spot where Moses received the Ten Commandments.