סִינַי

n.pr. mont. Sinai;—name of mt. of law-giving in J and especially P (חֹרֵב in E and especially D): Ju 5:5 ψ 68:9 Dt 33:2 (poem), also Ex 16:1 (P) usually הַר־סִינַי (־סִינָ֑י Lv 7:38 +), rarely J, Ex 19:20, 23 and perhaps 34:2, 4, elsewhere mostly P, 24:16; 31:18; 34:29, 32 Lv 7:38; 25:1; 27:34 and 26:46 (H), Nu 3:1; 28:6, also Ne 9:13; מִדְבַּר סִינַי (סִינָ֑י Nu 1:19 +), Ex 19:1, 2 Lv 7:38 Nu 1:1, 19; 3:4, 14; 9:1, 5; 10:12; 26:64; 33:15, 16 (all P);—in view of these facts, and of E’s use of חֹרֵב (q.v.), it is prob. that Ex 19:11, 18 (in E passages) are from R.—𝔊 Σ(ε)ινα. Identif. dub.; local tradition names Jebel Musa, mt. at S. end of peninsular between the two arms of Red Sea, so RobBR i, 90 ff., especially 119–122 cf. StanleySinai and Pal. 42 f. al., specif. its N. supr, Ras Ṣafṣâfeh; but LepsiusBriefe 345 ff., 416 ff. EbGSespecially 392 ff. al. advocate Serbal, NW. from Jebel Musa (on trad., cf. Ebib. 413 ff.); v. discussion Di Ex 19:1. Against both is the working of Egyptian mines in the penins. as late as the 19th dyn. (v. EbGS 135, 148 ff., 159, etc.), involving presence of soldiers there. This, and connex. with Midian (cf. also Ju 5:5), have led to search for Sinai further NE, near head of Gulf of Aḳaba, or even in Seir, so SayMonuments 263 ff., cf. GFM Ju 5:5; 6:1 and Yakut, cited by Id.179 n. §, also v. GallAltisr. Kultst. 12; on sanctity of mt. v. further RSSem i. 110f., 2nd ed. 117 f. SmRel.Gesch. 30.