Other Names
Classical rabbinic literature mentions the mountain having other names:
- Har ha-Elohim (הר האלהים), meaning "the mountain of God" or "the mountain of the gods"
- Har Bashan (הר בשן), meaning "the mountain of Bashan"; however, Bashan is interpreted in rabbinical literature as here being a corruption of beshen, meaning "with the teeth", and argued to refer to the sustenance of mankind through the virtue of the mountain
- Tūr Sīnāʾ / Tūr Sīnīn (طور سيناء / سينين), is the term that appears in most Islamic sources, including the Qur'an, and it means, "The mount of Sinai".
- Jabal Mūsa (جبل موسى), is another term that appears in Islamic sources, and it means, "The Mountain of Moses".
- Har Gebnunim (הר גבנונים), meaning "the mountain as pure as cheese"
- Har No Har Alohan (רנ גרבנרוגם), meaning "the mountain that penetrates itself."
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