Etymology

Moshe

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, equivalent to English Moses. Full definition →

Egyptian msj
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  1. Egyptian · derived frommsj“to give birth to”
  2. English todayMoshe

Borrowed from Hebrew. Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.

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