Sinai

[ sahy-nahy, sahy-nee-ahy ]

noun

1. Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in northeastern Egypt, at the northern end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
2. Mount Sinai, the mountain, in southern Sinai, of uncertain identity, on which Moses received the law. Exodus 19.

Sinai

/ ˈsaɪnaɪ; ˈsaɪnɪˌaɪ /

noun

1. 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. Mount Sinai
   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

Sinai

1. Peninsula in northeastern Egypt (see also Egypt ), bordered by the Gulf of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea , to the east, and the Gulf of Suez, another arm of the Red Sea, to the west.

Notes

In the Bible (see also Bible ), Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai .

Sinai has been the scene of fighting during the Arab-Israeli conflict . Israel conquered and occupied Sinai in the Six-Day War but returned the region to Egypt in 1982.

Other Words From

• Si·na·it·ic [sahy-nee-, it, -ik], Si·na·ic [si-, ney, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinai¹

From Late Latin Sinai, from Greek Siná, from Hebrew Sīnaī, of uncertain origin and meaning

Example Sentences

Racial disparities persist even in states that have legalized cannabis, with reduced rates of incarceration mostly among white people, said Dr. Yasmin Hurd, the director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai.

From Salon

She spent hours on the phone with his dad talking about potential storylines, and later during filming, she put her mother-in-law in the background of a scene shot at Sinai Temple.

From Los Angeles Times

All medications pass the placenta, and many will reach the brain of the fetus, said Veerle Bergink, director of Mount Sinai’s Women’s Mental Health Center in New York.

From Salon

Dr. Nicole Avena, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai Medical School and visiting professor of health psychology at Princeton University, was not involved in the study.

From Salon

Otzma Yehudit represents one extreme within Zionism, depicting it as an essential component of Orthodox Judaism, which regards the Torah as a divine text revealed by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.

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