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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.

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name/ˈməʊzɪz/Received-Pronunciation/-zɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmoʊzəs/General-American/-zəz/General-American

  1. 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.

  2. A male given name from Hebrew.

  3. A surname transferred from the given name.

  4. A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language

  5. pseudonym for Harriet Tubman

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Where this word comes from

From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).

intj/ˈməʊzɪz/Received-Pronunciation/-zɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmoʊzəs/General-American/-zəz/General-American

  1. An exclamation of shock.

Where this word comes from

From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).

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