Exodus 19:2:5Exod.19.2.W5TAB
סִינַ֔י
seenai
“Sinai”
- Transliteration
- see-NAI
- Extended
- see-NAI
- IPA
- /siːˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sinai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
see-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
mid-BAR see-NAI
- clause
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR va-yi-KHAN-sham yis-ra-EL NE-ged ha-HAR
Exegesis
The construct phrase midbar Sinai {מִדְבַּ֣ר סִינַ֔י | miḏ·bar sî·nay} ‘wilderness of Sinai’ links the noun and its genitive.
Root and etymology
Roots-n-y
“possibly ‘thorny’ or ‘rocky’”
In context — Exodus 19:2
They journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there facing the mountain .
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 19:2, so the Hebrew word סִינַ֔י (seenai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.19.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.2.W5.S1) and character.