The meaning of “סִינַי”
Understanding Çîynay reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of uncertain derivation Sinai. - § Sinai = "thorny" - Sinai, mountain of Arabia 1) the mountain where Moses received the...
סִינַי
of uncertain derivation Sinai. - § Sinai = "thorny" - Sinai, mountain of Arabia 1) the mountain where Moses received the Law from Jehovah; located at the southern end of the Sinai peninsula between the horns of the Red Sea; exact site unknown
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 19:23 | “And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.” Word: סִינַי (Çîynay) | |
| Leviticus 26:46 | “These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. ” Word: סִינַי (Çîynay) | |
| Numbers 9:5 | “And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.” Word: סִינַי (Çîynay) | |
| Deuteronomy 33:2 | “And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.” Word: סִינַי (Çîynay) | |
| Judges 5:5 | “The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.” Word: סִינַי (Çîynay) |
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