Mount Sinai

E10782

biblical location holy mountain mountain religious site

Mount Sinai is the biblical mountain in the Sinai Peninsula where Moses is traditionally believed to have received God's law, making it a central site in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Sinai canonical	39
Har Sinai	2
Horeb	2
Mount Horeb	2
biblical Mount Sinai	2
Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)	1
Mount Sinai summit	1
Mountain of Moses	1
summit of Mount Sinai	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35449 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Sinai
Context triple: [Ten Commandments, givenAtLocation, Mount Sinai]

A. Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and the highest peak on the European continent.
B. Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the tallest mountain in Yosemite National Park and a popular destination for experienced climbers.
C. Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
D. Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
E. Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are a rugged mountain range in California known for their dramatic limestone formations, desert landscapes, and the Mitchell Caverns within the Mojave Desert.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Sinai
Target entity description: Mount Sinai is the biblical mountain in the Sinai Peninsula where Moses is traditionally believed to have received God's law, making it a central site in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition.

A. Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia and the highest peak on the European continent.
B. Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the tallest mountain in Yosemite National Park and a popular destination for experienced climbers.
C. Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
D. Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
E. Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are a rugged mountain range in California known for their dramatic limestone formations, desert landscapes, and the Mitchell Caverns within the Mojave Desert.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical location ⓘ holy mountain ⓘ mountain ⓘ religious site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Har Sinai Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Mount Horeb the Mountain of God ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	God ⓘ surface form: God of Israel Moses ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
category	Holy mountains ⓘ Mountains of the Bible ⓘ Religious places in Egypt ⓘ
centralEvent	giving of the Ten Commandments ⓘ revelation of the Torah to Moses ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
hasLanguageName	Arabic: جبل موسى ⓘ Arabic: طور سيناء ⓘ Hebrew: הַר סִינַי ⓘ
hasPilgrimagePractice	night ascent by pilgrims ⓘ
hasRole	covenant site between God and Israel ⓘ pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasViewOnTop	sunrise over Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
importanceInChristianity	site of Mosaic law and theophany ⓘ
importanceInIslam	place where Allah spoke to Musa ⓘ
importanceInJudaism	site of giving of Torah ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Quran ⓘ
nearbySite	Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
quranicSurah	Surah Al-Qasas ⓘ Surah At-Tin ⓘ Surah Ta-Ha ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalBook	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ
symbolizes	God’s presence ⓘ divine revelation ⓘ law and covenant ⓘ
theologicalTheme	formation of Israelite identity ⓘ revelation of divine law ⓘ
timeDescribedAs	wilderness period of the Israelites ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedWith	Jebel Musa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ten Commandments → givenAtLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

Hebrews → traditionalLawGivingSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Sinai Peninsula → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Horeb

Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Har Sinai

Moses → associatedWithPlace → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Decalogue → revealedAt → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Holy Land → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)

Saint Catherine → near → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasNearbyAttraction → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasViewOf → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasPilgrimageRouteTo → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai summit

Mount Catherine → viewFrom → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasReligiousSite → Mount Sinai ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasMountain → Mount Sinai ⓘ

the Mountain of God → alsoKnownAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horeb

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → mentions → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Surah At-Tin → containsOathBy → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jebel Musa → veneratedAs → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Jebel Musa → nameMeaning → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountain of Moses

Revelation at Mount Sinai → location → Mount Sinai ⓘ

reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → hasKeyWork → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horeb

Musa → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Mosaic covenant → locationOfEstablishment → Mount Sinai ⓘ

YHWH → revealedAt → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Aseret ha-Dibrot → givenAtLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Exodus 20:1–17 → setting → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Sinai desert → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Sinai Desert

Exodus 34 → setting → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Prophet Harun → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Saint Catherine mountain range → contains → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Gabal Katrinah → locatedNear → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Jabal Katrinah → near → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Egeria → described → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Itinerarium Egeriae → describes → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Basilica of the Transfiguration → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Chapel of the Burning Bush → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

The Fig → mentionsPlace → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Steps of Repentance → locatedIn → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Steps of Repentance → connectsTo → Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: summit of Mount Sinai

Greek Orthodox chapel → associatedWith → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek Orthodox chapel on Jebel Musa

this entity surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Greek Orthodox chapel → traditionallyIdentifiedLocationOf → Mount Sinai ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek Orthodox chapel on Jebel Musa

The Fig and the Olive → mentions → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Exodus 25 → locationContext → Mount Sinai ⓘ

Matan Torah → associatedWithLocation → Mount Sinai ⓘ