Sinai
Also called Sinai Peninsula. 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.
Mount Sinai, the mountain, in southern Sinai, of uncertain identity, on which Moses received the law. Exodus 19.
Origin of Sinai
1Other words from Sinai
- Si·na·it·ic [sahy-nee-it-ik], /ˌsaɪ niˈɪt ɪk/, Si·na·ic [si-ney-ik], /sɪˈneɪ ɪk/, adjective
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So, James, you came to Sinai as a resident — and now fast forward for us.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsAnd, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.
That attack prompted the government to declare a three-month state of emergency in parts of North Sinai.
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt | Jamie Dettmer | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn northern Sinai in October the group killed 31 soldiers during a raid on an army checkpoint.
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt | Jamie Dettmer | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOriginally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt | Jamie Dettmer | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, all three victims remain in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
New Details Emerge in Suge Knight Shooting at Chris Brown's Pre-VMAs Party on the Sunset Strip | Marlow Stern | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA full account is given of the practice in the record of the Covenant transaction at Sinai.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamAmong the observances engaged to by Israel at Sinai, were those of vowing and swearing.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe Covenant of Sinai was confirmed in a manner the most encouraging, as well as condescending and glorious.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamBut neither Joseph nor Potiphar could by any possibility have heard of the laws enunciated on Sinai.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanNow is it strange that Sinai should have excited reverence and dread?
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
British Dictionary definitions for Sinai
/ (ˈsaɪnaɪ, ˈsaɪnɪˌaɪ) /
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
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
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Cultural definitions for Sinai
[ (seye-neye) ]
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