Moses

Definitions

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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Equivalents

Examples

“And the Lord came downe vpon mount⟳ Sinai, on the top of the mount⟳: and the Lord called Moſes vp to the top of the mount⟳, and Moſes went vp.”

“Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!”

“The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.”

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