Mount Sinai

E10782

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Sinai canonical	39
Har Sinai	2
Horeb	2
Mount Horeb	2
biblical Mount Sinai	2
Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)	1
Mount Sinai summit	1
Mountain of Moses	1
summit of 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 (51)

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

Ten Commandments → givenAtLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

Hebrews → traditionalLawGivingSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Sinai Peninsula → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Har Sinai

Moses → associatedWithPlace → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Decalogue → revealedAt → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Holy Land → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

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

Saint Catherine → near → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasNearbyAttraction → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasViewOf → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasPilgrimageRouteTo → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai summit

Mount Catherine → viewFrom → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasReligiousSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasMountain → Mount Sinai ⓘ

the Mountain of God → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horeb

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → mentions → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → containsOathBy → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jebel Musa → veneratedAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Jebel Musa → nameMeaning → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountain of Moses

Revelation at Mount Sinai → location → Mount Sinai ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Horeb

Musa → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Mosaic covenant → locationOfEstablishment → Mount Sinai ⓘ

YHWH → revealedAt → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Aseret ha-Dibrot → givenAtLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Exodus 20:1–17 → setting → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Sinai desert → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Sinai Desert

Exodus 34 → setting → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Prophet Harun → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine mountain range → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Gabal Katrinah → locatedNear → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jabal Katrinah → near → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Egeria → described → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Itinerarium Egeriae → describes → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Basilica of the Transfiguration → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Chapel of the Burning Bush → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

The Fig → mentionsPlace → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Steps of Repentance → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Steps of Repentance → connectsTo → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: summit of Mount Sinai

Greek Orthodox chapel → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek Orthodox chapel on Jebel Musa

this entity surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Greek Orthodox chapel → traditionallyIdentifiedLocationOf → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek Orthodox chapel on Jebel Musa

The Fig and the Olive → mentions → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Exodus 25 → locationContext → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Matan Torah → associatedWithLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Har Sinai