Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

Thank you Kevin. The article can be viewed online at:

http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BR/bswbbr1903f1.html


Yigal

At 11:28 AM 6/19/2003 -0700, Kevin Barney wrote:
>For anyone who is interested, the current issue of
>Bible Review is an article exploring in some detail
>the etymology of Moses' name.
>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:50:31 -0400
>> From: Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>
>> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Mesha & Moshe
>> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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>> 
>> Of course it is - you don't need the inscription,
>> look at 2 Kings 3:4 (in
>> Hebrew, of course). Mesha (mem-yod-shin-'aiyn) is
>> derived from the root Y$(
>> ("saved/will save"), and is similar in meaning to
>> Joshua (YH saves) and Jesus.
>> The precise etymology of Moses, M$H (Mosheh -
>> mem-shin-he) is not clear.
>> Ex. 2:10 gives a Hebrew etymology - "ki min
>> hammayyim MESHITIHU", "for out
>> of the water I [Pharaoh's daughter] have drawn him."
>>  But I doubt if
>> Pharaoh's daughter spoke Hebrew. It has been
>> suggested that the source is
>> Egyptian, "mose" meaning "born of", like in the
>> names Thutmose and Ahmose.
>> 
>> In any case, Mesha' and Moses are totally different.
>> 
>> Yigal
>> 
>>
>
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