--- title: מֹשֶׁה — Moses · The Tanakh dictionary description: מֹשֶׁה (4872), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 766 times: Moses. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Moses. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4872.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-9.md)‎ / מֹשֶׁה‎ # מֹשֶׁה «מֹשֶׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Moses** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 766 times · **Key:** 4872 · **BDB:** מֹשֶׁה ### Glosses Moses (680); of.Moses (83); O.Moses (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) Moses [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4872/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.m. Moses [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4872/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Moses, the great Hebrew leader, prophet and lawgiver (prob. = Egyptian mes, mesu, child, son, EbGS 539, cf. Di Ex 2:10, where see also older (abandoned) etymol.);—מ׳ Ex 2:10 + מֹשֶׁ֑ה v 15 +; name occurs 706 times in Hex (Ex. 290 times, Lv. 86 times, Nu. 233 times, Dt. 38 times, Jos. 59 times), Ju. 4 times + 18:30 where read מֹשֶׁה for מְנַשֶּׁה (cf. GFM); 1 S 12:6, 8,. Kings 10 times, Mi 6:4; Je 15:1; Is 63:11, 12; Mal 3:22 ψ 77:21 + 7 times; Chr. 3 times, Dn 9:11, 13;—Moses was son of Amram and Jochebed Ex 6:20 Nu 26:59 (both P), 1 Ch 5:29; 23:13; of tribe of Levi Ex 2:1 (E; cf. also foregoing); (younger) brother of Aaron 4:14 (J), 7:1, 2, 7 (P), etc., and brother of Miriam Nu 26:59 (P), 1 Ch 5:29 (cf. Ex 15:20 E); called prophet Dt 18:15, 18; 34:10; agent by whom י׳ gave law Ex 20:19, 20, 21, 22 (E) +; especially P (כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י׳ אֶת־מ׳, etc.), Ex 39:1, 5, 7, 21, 26, 29, 31; 40:19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 32 Lv 7:38; 8:9, 13, 17, 27, 29 + often; lawgiver Dt 33:4; Jos 1:7, 13 (D) +; priest, מ׳ וְאַהֲרֹן בְּכֹהֲנָיו ψ 99:6. Phrases are—(עַבְדּוֹ, עַבְדִּי, etc.) מ׳ עֶבֶד י׳ Ex 14:31 (J), Nu 12:7 (E), Dt 34:5 (JE), Jos 1:1 (D) + 15 times Jos. (D); 1 K 8:53, 56; 2 K 18:12; 21:8; Mal 3:22; 2 Ch 1:3; 24:6; Ne 1:8; 9:14 ψ 105:26; מ׳ עֶבֶד אלהים 1 Ch 6:34; 24:9 Ne 10:30 Dn 9:11; מ׳ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים Ezr 3:2 ψ 90:1; תּוֹרַת מ׳ Jos 8:32 (D), 1 K 2:3; 2 K 23:25; Mal 3:22; 2 Ch 23:18; 30:16; Ezr 3:2; 7:6; Dn 9:11, 13; סֵפֶר מ׳ 2 Ch 25:4; 35:12; Ne 13:1; סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מ׳ Jos 8:31 (D), 23:6 (D), 2 K 14:6; Ne 8:1. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 73 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מֹשֶׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4872/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [1 Chronicles 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.15/) בְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ *Word for word:* the.sons of.Moses \[were\].Gershom and Eliezer *JPS 1917:* The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer. [Exodus 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.10/) וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ *Word for word:* and he.spoke Yahweh to Moses (cmp) *JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: - ← previous: [מָשָׁה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4871.md) - next →: [מַשֶּׁה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4874.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-9.md)