סִינָ֑י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 סִינָ֑י

   si-NAI

   Sinai
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבֵ֣ין סִינָ֑י

   u-VEIN si-NAI

   and between Sinai
3. clause🔊 וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽאֵילִ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִ֔ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּין־אֵילִ֖ם וּבֵ֣ין סִינָ֑י

   va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI

   {And They} set out from Elim all the congregation of the sons of Israel {And They} came to the wilderness of Sin which between Elim and between Sinai
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽאֵילִ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִ֔ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּין־אֵילִ֖ם וּבֵ֣ין סִינָ֑י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י לְצֵאתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

   va-yis-OO me-e-LIM va-ya-VO-oo kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL el-mid-bar-SIN a-SHER bein-e-LIM u-VEIN si-NAI ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-she-NI le-tse-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim

   {And They} set out from Elim all the congregation of the sons of Israel {And They} came to the wilderness of Sin which between Elim and between Sinai on the fifteenth ten day the second of the month at their going out from the land of Egypt

Exegesis

The prepositional clause el-midbar-sin {אֶל־מִדְבַּר־סִין | ʾel mid-bār sîn} ‘to the wilderness of Sin’ emphasizes location, while the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ and paired prepositions bein-eilim u-vein-sinai {בֵּין־אֵילִם וּבֵין סִינָי | bēn-’ê-lîm û-bēn sî-nāy} frame precise geography.