Mosesמשה
In the Bible
The prophet Moses (משה) — first attested in Ex 2:10.
וַיִּגְדַּ֣ל הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַתְּבִאֵ֙הוּ֙ לְבַת־פַּרְעֹ֔ה וַֽיְהִי־לָ֖הּ לְבֵ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַתֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י מִן־הַמַּ֖יִם מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ׃
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, who made him her son. She named him Moses,<sup class="footnote-marker">a</sup><i class="footnote"><b>Moses </b>Heb. <i>Mosheh</i> from Egyptian for “born of”; here associated with <i>mashah</i> “draw out.”</i> explaining, “I drew him out of the water.”
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Moses (משה) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| ם | 40 | 4 |
| ש | 300 | 3 |
| ה | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 345 | 3 |
Stellar letters
The 3-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Moses appears in the stellar reading on 3 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 4831 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 20 Mar 3242 BCE | Taurus | 2 |
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |
Description
In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus from Egypt. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to the Abrahamic scriptures, God dictated the Mosaic Law to Moses, which he wrote down and which formed part of the Torah.
Facts
| Born | Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt |
| Died | Mount Nebo, Moab, Transjordan (aged 120 in Jewish traditions) |
| Spouse | Zipporah, unnamed Kushite woman |
| Children | Gershom Eliezer |
| Parents | Amram (father) Jochebed (mother) Pharaoh's daughter (adoptive mother) |
| Known for | The Mosaic covenant and law under the Torah for Judaism Major prophet in Christianity, Islam, Druze Faith, Rastafari, and Samaritanism Manifestation of God in Bahá'í Faith |
| Relatives | Levi (great-grandfather) Miriam (sister) Aaron (brother) Elisheba (sister-in-law) Nadab (nephew) Abihu (nephew) Eleazer (nephew) Ithamar (nephew) Jethro (father-in-law) |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Etymology of name | The Egyptian root msy ('child of') or mose has been considered as a possible etymology, arguably an abbreviation of a theophoric name with the god's name omitted. |
| Biblical narrative | The Israelites had settled in the Land of Goshen in the time of Joseph and Jacob, but a new Pharaoh arose who oppressed the children of Israel. |
| Historicity | Scholars hold different opinions on the historicity of Moses. |
| Hellenistic literature | Non-biblical writings about Jews, with references to the role of Moses, first appear at the beginning of the Hellenistic period, from 323 BCE to about 146 BCE. |
| Abrahamic religions | Most of what is known about Moses from the Bible comes from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. |
| Legacy in politics and law | In a metaphorical sense in the Christian tradition, a "Moses" has been referred to as the leader who delivers the people from a terrible situation. |
| Cultural portrayals and references | Moses often appears in Christian art, and the Pope's private chapel, the Sistine Chapel, has a large sequence of six frescos of the life of Moses on the southern wall, opposite a set with the Life of Christ. |
| Criticism of Moses | In the late eighteenth century, the deist Thomas Paine commented at length on Moses' Laws in The Age of Reason (1794, 1795, and 1807). |
Prophecies
Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Moses, with sources.
| Prophecy / vision | Source |
|---|---|
| A prophet like you I will raise; to him you shall listen | Deut 18:15 |
| YHWH our God, YHWH is one | Deut 6:4 |
| Blessings for obedience; curses, exile and dispersion for idolatry | Deut 28 |
| Song of witness against Israel's future apostasy | Deut 32 |
| Go to Pharaoh; cast down your staff — it becomes a living serpent | Quran 7:104-108 |
| We parted the sea; saved Moses and Israel, drowned Pharaoh's host | Quran 2:50 |
| I am God; none has the right to be worshipped but Me — the voice at the valley | Quran 20:14 |