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Moses’s name

Question

We are taught that Moses was named by Pharoh’s daughter from the Egyptian word Moses meaning draw from the water. Are we ever told of the Hebrew name given by Yocheved when he was born?

Answer

We are told that he had seven names. Perhaps one of them was his birth name. Follow this link

Rabbi Meir Goldberg