... Please note that the names of Moshe and Aharon never again appear in the HB--which would be very odd if these were names that meant something in Semitic. They became used in the Diaspora only when such distinction were no longer so well-drawn as even before that Jews had begun to be called by foreign names quite routinely--mostly Greek or Roman ones. However, we know the name "Joseph" was used before the Roman dispersion--because, after all, Joseph really is a Semitic name the meaning of which is clear.
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