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  • From: Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Meaning of Moshe in Hebrew
  • Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:44:14 EST

In a message dated 1/8/2007 10:12:02 PM Central Standard Time,
leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il writes:


> > I realize that most authorities say the name of Moses comes from
> > ancient Egyptian ("mose," meaning "born" or "offspring," as in Thutmose)
> > and
> > not Hebrew. This makes sense because the name was conferred on him by the
> > Egyptian princess rather than by his own parents (Ex. 2:10). Yet my
> > Israeli
> > friends who speak modern Hebrew say Moshe comes from the Hebrew LIMSHOT,
> > meaning "to draw out," which is essentially the connection made in Ex.
> > 2:10.
> > They say you could say, "Gary Moshe et Ha-yeled meh-Hamayim," that is,
> > "Gary
> > is drawing out the boy from the water." In this usage, Moshe functions
> > more
> > as a present active participle rather than as a passive, which I guess
> > brings up yet another issue (the verb form). So I'm wondering, is there
> > anything in the B-Hebrew archives about this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Gary Hedrick
> >

Hi Gary,

>From my memory, I recall his Egyptian name to be Moses, and his Hebrew name
to be Heber. And Pharaoh's daughter called him Moses and she called him her
son, so God said, Because you have called Moses your son, I will call you my
daughter, Bithiah, which means daughter of God.

Doug.
Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas




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