משה
עברית
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משה
- /moˈʃɛ/
- /moˈʃe/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
According to the etymology found in Exodus 2:10, semantically equivalent to Hebrew מָשׁוּי (mashúy, “drawn out [of water]”), since Moses was found in a floating basket on the Nile by Pharaoh's daughter.
Other hypotheses suggests origin from Egyptian mw (“water”), with the same idea behind the origin of the name, or Egyptian msj (“birthe”). These are considered tenuous, but historically plausible, since it is more likely that Pharaoh's daughter, an Egyptian, spoke Ancient Egyptian.
proper noun מֹשֶׁה · moshé
- a male given name, Moshe and Moishe, equivalent to English Moses
- Moses (the pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran)
In English
- Moses the biblical patriarch
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