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Moshe

  • /ˈmoʊʃɛ/ US
  • /moʊˈʃɛ/ US
  • /ˈmoʊʃə/ US

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Borrowed from Hebrew. Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.

proper noun Moishe · Moses

  1. A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, equivalent to English Moses. The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation.
  2. Synonym of Moses (the Jewish Hebrew prophet)

    Similar: Moses

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@misc{moshe_2026,
  title = {Moshe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moshe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}