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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
Translations Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ] n → il Sinai Sinai [ˈsaɪnaɪ] n → il Sinai How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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