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מֹשֶׁה767 H4872
Prep-l | N-proper-ms  |  766× in 1 sense
Moses — the lawgiver, prophet, and leader who brought Israel out of Egypt
Mosheh stands as the towering figure of the Torah, appearing 766 times from Exodus through the end of the Hebrew Bible. His name, likely derived from the Egyptian mes ('child, born of'), was reinterpreted by Pharaoh's daughter as 'drawn out of the water' (Exod 2:10). As mediator of the Sinai covenant, Moses occupies a unique role: prophet, lawgiver, intercessor, and shepherd of a nation. The multilingual evidence — Spanish 'Mosheh,' French 'Moise,' German 'Mose' — shows universal recognition of this singular proper noun, with no semantic splitting across any language tradition.

Senses
1. Moses (proper name) The proper name Mosheh (Moses), referring exclusively to the son of Amram and Jochebed of the tribe of Levi, who led Israel out of Egypt and mediated the covenant at Sinai. All 766 occurrences denote this one individual. Prepositional variants (to-Moses, from-Moses, by-Moses) reflect syntactic framing rather than any semantic distinction. 766×
DISCOURSE_NAMES Names of Persons and Places Moses Prophet Lawgiver
AR["موسى", "مُوسَى"]·ben["মোশে", "মোশেকে"]·DE["Mose"]·EN["Moses"]·FR["Moïse"]·heb["משה"]·HI["मूसा", "मूसा-ने"]·ID["Musa"]·IT["Mosè"]·jav["Musa"]·KO["그-이집트인을", "모세가", "모세야", "모세에게", "바로의", "이름을-그의"]·PT["Mosheh"]·RU["Моше"]·ES["Mosheh"]·SW["Musa"]·TR["Moşe", "Moşe'ye", "Moşe'yi"]·urd["موسیٰ", "موسیٰ-نے"]

Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
מֹשֶׁה767 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