Har Sinai

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Pronunciations

Har Sinai (har sin-EYE) listen
Mount Sinai (MAUNT SYE-nye) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Mount Sinai.

Example Sentences

  • "There are a lot of people out there who think they know where Har Sinay is, but that's simply because it suits the pilgrimage industry to locate it in the huge peaks of central Sinai. Jewish tradition holds that Har Sinay was puny and utterly unmemorable." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • TH הר סיני Har Sinai 'Mount Sinai'

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      Har Sinay

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