Mount Ṭūr

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Mount Ṭūr is a revered mountain in the Sinai region traditionally identified with the biblical Mount Sinai, where Moses is believed to have received divine revelation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mount (At-Tur) 1
Mount Ṭūr canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
religious site
alsoKnownAs Jabal Mūsā NERFINISHED
Jabal al-Ṭūr NERFINISHED
associatedWith Moses NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme covenant between God and Israel
prophetic revelation
climateZone desert mountain climate
continent Asia
country Arab Republic of Egypt NERFINISHED
etymology ʻṬūrʼ means ʻmountainʼ in Arabic NERFINISHED
eventAssociated giving of the Ten Commandments
revelation of the Torah
hasReligiousSignificance site of divine revelation to Moses
hasStructureNearby Saint Catherine’s Monastery NERFINISHED
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn Egypt
Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Qur’an NERFINISHED
near Saint Catherine NERFINISHED
partOf South Sinai Governorate NERFINISHED
pilgrimageSiteFor Christians
Jews NERFINISHED
Muslims
QuranicName Ṭūr Sīnāʼ NERFINISHED
Ṭūr Sīnīn NERFINISHED
region Middle East
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
sacredTo Christians NERFINISHED
Jews NERFINISHED
Muslims
tourismType hiking and trekking
religious tourism
traditionalIdentification biblical Mount Sinai NERFINISHED

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

Mount Tur hasNameVariant Mount Ṭūr
At-Tur oathBy Mount Ṭūr
this entity surface form: Mount (At-Tur)