Moses
pronunciation
How to pronounce Moses in British English:
UK ['məʊzɪz]
How to pronounce Moses in American English:
US ['moʊzɪzˌ -zɪs]
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- Noun:
- (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
- United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)
Word Origin
- Moses
- masc. proper name, name of Hebrew prophet and lawgiver, from Latin, from Greek Mouses, from Hebrew Mosheh, of unknown origin.Most scholars see in it the Hebraization of Egyptian mes, mesu 'child, son,' which is often used in theophorous names. According to this derivation the words of Pharaoh's daughter in Ex. 2:10, 'For out of the water I drew him' are not the explanation of the Hebrew name Mosheh, but express the idea that the Egyptian name given by Pharaoh's daughter resembles in sound, and therefore, reminds us of, the Hebrew verb mashah 'he drew out,' which is suggestive of the words spoken by Pharaoh's daughter. [Dr. Ernest Klein, "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language"] As an expletive or oath, 1840.
Example
- 1. If only congress could run financial reform past moses .
- 2. Moses and aaron did just as the lord had commanded .
- 3. Moses told the israelites all that the lord commanded him .
- 4. So aaron and his sons did everything the lord commanded through moses .
- 5. Then moses and the elders of israel returned to the camp .