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
   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

So, James, you came to Sinai as a resident — and now fast forward for us.

From Freakonomics

And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.

From The Daily Beast

That attack prompted the government to declare a three-month state of emergency in parts of North Sinai.

From The Daily Beast

In northern Sinai in October the group killed 31 soldiers during a raid on an army checkpoint.

From The Daily Beast

Originally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, all three victims remain in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.

From The Daily Beast

A full account is given of the practice in the record of the Covenant transaction at Sinai.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the observances engaged to by Israel at Sinai, were those of vowing and swearing.

From Project Gutenberg

The Covenant of Sinai was confirmed in a manner the most encouraging, as well as condescending and glorious.

From Project Gutenberg

But neither Joseph nor Potiphar could by any possibility have heard of the laws enunciated on Sinai.

From Project Gutenberg

Now is it strange that Sinai should have excited reverence and dread?

From Project Gutenberg