Mount Sinai

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biblical location holy mountain mountain religious site

Mount Sinai is the biblical mountain in the Sinai Peninsula where Moses is traditionally believed to have received God's law, making it a central site in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Horeb	2
Mount Horeb	2
Har Sinai	1
Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)	1
Mount Sinai summit	1
Mountain of Moses	1
biblical Mount Sinai	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical location ⓘ holy mountain ⓘ mountain ⓘ religious site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Har Sinai Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Mount Horeb the Mountain of God ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	God ⓘ surface form: God of Israel Moses ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
category	Holy mountains ⓘ Mountains of the Bible ⓘ Religious places in Egypt ⓘ
centralEvent	giving of the Ten Commandments ⓘ revelation of the Torah to Moses ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
hasLanguageName	Arabic: جبل موسى ⓘ Arabic: طور سيناء ⓘ Hebrew: הַר סִינַי ⓘ
hasPilgrimagePractice	night ascent by pilgrims ⓘ
hasRole	covenant site between God and Israel ⓘ pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasViewOnTop	sunrise over Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
importanceInChristianity	site of Mosaic law and theophany ⓘ
importanceInIslam	place where Allah spoke to Musa ⓘ
importanceInJudaism	site of giving of Torah ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Quran ⓘ
nearbySite	Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
quranicSurah	Surah Al-Qasas ⓘ Surah At-Tin ⓘ Surah Ta-Ha ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalBook	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ
symbolizes	God’s presence ⓘ divine revelation ⓘ law and covenant ⓘ
theologicalTheme	formation of Israelite identity ⓘ revelation of divine law ⓘ
timeDescribedAs	wilderness period of the Israelites ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedWith	Jebel Musa ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Har Sinai

the Mountain of God → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horeb

Musa → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Moses → associatedWithPlace → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Holy Land → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)

Sinai Peninsula → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → containsOathBy → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Ten Commandments → givenAtLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → hasKeyWork → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horeb

South Sinai Governorate → hasMountain → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasNearbyAttraction → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasPilgrimageRouteTo → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai summit

South Sinai Governorate → hasReligiousSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasViewOf → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Revelation at Mount Sinai → location → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → mentions → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jebel Musa → nameMeaning → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountain of Moses

Saint Catherine → near → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Decalogue → revealedAt → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Hebrews → traditionalLawGivingSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jebel Musa → veneratedAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Mount Catherine → viewFrom → Mount Sinai ⓘ