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Sinai

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Si·nai  (sn), Mount
A mountain, about 2,288 m (7,500 ft) high, of the south-central Sinai Peninsula. It is thought to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments.

Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ]
n
1. (Placename) a mountainous peninsula of NE Egypt at the N end of the Red Sea, between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba: occupied by Israel in 1967; fully restored by 1982
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (Placename) Mount. the mountain where Moses received the Law from God (Exodus 19-20): often identified as Jebel Musa, sometimes as Jebel Serbal, both on the S Sinai Peninsula
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.SinaiSinai - a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
Sinai Peninsula, Sinai - a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
2.SinaiSinai - a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
Sinai Peninsula, Sinai - a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
Great Arabian Desert, Arabian Desert - a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
3.SinaiSinai - a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
Sinai Desert, Sinai - a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
Mount Sinai, Sinai - a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
Translations
Sinai [ˈsaɪnɪaɪ]
A. NSinaí m
Mount Sinaiel monte Sinaí
B. CPD the Sinai Desert Nel desierto del Sinaí
Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ] nSinaï m
sin-bin sin bin [ˈsɪnbɪn] n (ICE HOCKEY)prison f
Sinai
nSinai m; Sinai PeninsulaSinaihalbinsel f; Mount Sinaider Berg Sinai
Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ] nil Sinai
Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ] nil Sinai


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Then rising, and throwing back her veil, she implored her in the great name of the God whom they both worshipped, and by that revelation of the Law upon Mount Sinai, in which they both believed, that she would have compassion upon them, and suffer them to go forward under their safeguard.
It was Mount Horeb, that Sinai at the top of which Moses saw God face to face.
The same circumstances are described in detail on the authority of Seetzen and Ehrenberg, [4] as the cause of the sounds which have been heard by many travellers on Mount Sinai near the Red Sea.
 
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