Exodus 19:23:8Exod.19.23.W8TAB

סִינָ֑י

seenai

“Sinai”

Transliteration: see-NAI
Extended: see-NAI
IPA: /siˈnaj/

Meaning by language

English: Sinai

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Result

סִי + נָ֑י

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see + nai

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seenai

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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī

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The word

Word in context

word
see-NAI
phraseyour reading level
el-HAR see-NAI
clause
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI
sentence
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to

Exegesis

The goal phrase el-hahar sinai {אֶל־הַר סִינָי | ʾel-hā-har sî-nāy} ‘to Mount Sinai’ combines preposition, noun, and proper name.

Root and etymology

Roots-n-y

“possibly ‘thorny’ or ‘rocky’”

In context — Exodus 19:23

Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word סִינָ֑י (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.19.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W8.S1) and character.

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