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sīnay סִינַי ‘Sinai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of uncertain derivation

sīnay pr n loc
Sinai = "thorny"
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

Mentioned in Exodus 31:18, 34:4, 34:32, 16:1, 19:20, 19:23, 24:16, 34:2, 19:1, 19:18, 34:29, 19:2, 19:11 Codex Leviticus 25:1, 27:34, 26:46, 7:38 Numbers 3:4, 1:1, 3:1, 26:64, 3:14, 9:1, 9:5, 28:6, 1:19, 10:12, 33:15, 33:16 Deuteronomy 33:2 Judges 5:5 Psalms 68:18, 68:9 Nehemiah 9:13

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