Sinai
Egyptian desert wedge
Sinai is a peninsula in northeastern Egypt, a triangle of desert between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
It holds significance in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
The region has been contested territory in modern conflicts between Egypt and Israel.
Hebrew prophet, liberator
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- CovenantNamed sacred compact
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
Hebrews · prophets · tablets · theophany · manna · revelation · commandments · wilderness
Religious journey to shrine
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
divine · consecrated · hallowed · shrine · monastery · mountaintop · hermits · icons
Devoid of water
- sandFine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- camelsHumped desert mammals
- oasisFertile desert spot
Bedouins · scorching · barren · wadis · mirage · sandstorm · caravan · nomads
Egyptian canal city
- GulfNamed oceanic inlet
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- borderOuter edge or limit
strategic · crossroads · plateau · mountainous · terrain · corridor · landform · geography
One's regular paid work
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- demilitarizedCleared of armed forces
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
military · checkpoints · treaty · withdrawal · 1967 · 1973 · security · terrorism
Moses
Hebrew prophet, liberator
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- CovenantNamed sacred compact
wandering · Hebrews · prophets · tablets · theophany · manna · revelation · commandments · wilderness · Aaron
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
worship · divine · consecrated · hallowed · shrine · monastery · mountaintop · hermits · icons · relics
arid
Devoid of water
oasis · Bedouins · scorching · barren · wadis · mirage · sandstorm · caravan · nomads · drought
Suez
Egyptian canal city
border · strategic · crossroads · plateau · mountainous · terrain · corridor · landform · geography · Rafah
occupation
One's regular paid work
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- demilitarizedCleared of armed forces
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
insurgency · military · checkpoints · treaty · withdrawal · 1967 · 1973 · security · terrorism · militants
- Biblical PlacesCanaan, Jordan River, Jericho, Red Sea, Goshen
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- Egyptian PlacesCairo, Luxor, Aswan, Giza, Alexandria
- Ancient IsraelIsraelites, Jerusalem, Israel, twelve tribes, Judea
SinaiNile Delta
Egyptian river's alluvial plain
Nile Valley · Upper Egypt · Lower Egypt · Alexandria · Aswan
SinaiEgypt
Northeastern African nation
Promised Land · Canaan · Goshen · Jerusalem · Mount Zion
SinaiNile Delta
Egyptian river's alluvial plain
Goshen · Mesopotamia · oasis · Nile Valley · Eden
- Mount SinaiBiblical mountain of law
- Sinai PeninsulaEgyptian desert landmass
- Sinai desertBarren peninsula in Egypt