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Mūsá, Jabal (mountain) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 32 15 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.5374 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 57 59 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.9663 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 7500.000 feet |
2286.0000 meters |
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Note: Mountain in Sinai Peninsula, NE Egypt; in Exodus 19-20 and Deuteronomy 5, place where Moses received the tablets with the Ten Commandments; site of monastery of St. Catherine, founded ca. 250 CE and rebuilt ca. 530 by Justinian. |
Names: |
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| Mūsá, Jabal (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Jabal Mūsá (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Jabal Mūsá (Egyptian,U)
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| Mūsā, Jabal (C,V)
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| Mūsa, Gebel (C,V)
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| Gebel Mūsa (C,V)
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| Mûsa, Gebel (C,V)
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| Gebel Mûsa (C,V,display)
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| Mount Sinai (C,V)
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| Sinai, Mount (C,O)
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| Sinai (C,O)
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| Sinaï (C,O)
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| Mont-Sinaï (C,O)
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| Jebel Mousa (C,V)
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| Jebel Musa (C,V)
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| Moses, Mount of (C,V)
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| Mount of Moses (C,V)
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| Mountain of the Law (C,V)
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| Mousa, Jebel (C,V)
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| Musa, Jebel (C,V)
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| طور سيناء (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Ṭūr Sīnāʼ (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| جبل موسى (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| הר סיני (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| Har Sinai (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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Horeb, Mount .......... (lost physical feature) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt) [7764729] |
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