Moses 的詞源

摩西（Moses）是希伯來先知和立法者的名字，中古英語 Moises，源自拉丁語，希臘語 Mouses，希伯來語 Mosheh，其起源不明。

Most scholars see in it the Hebraization of Egyptian mes, mesu 'child, son,' which is often used in theophorous names. According to this derivation the words of Pharaoh's daughter in Ex. 2:10, 'For out of the water I drew him' are not the explanation of the Hebrew name Mosheh, but express the idea that the Egyptian name given by Pharaoh's daughter resembles in sound, and therefore, reminds us of, the Hebrew verb mashah 'he drew out,' which is suggestive of the words spoken by Pharaoh's daughter. [Ernest Klein, "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language"]

大多數學者認爲這是埃及 mes, mesu “孩子，兒子”的希伯來化，經常用於神名中。根據這種推導，出埃及記2:10中法老的女兒的話“我從水中把他取出來”並不是解釋希伯來名字 Mosheh 的原因，而是表達了法老的女兒給出的埃及名字在發音上與希伯來動詞 mashah “他取出”相似，因此讓我們想起了法老的女兒所說的話。[Ernest Klein，《英語語言的綜合詞源詞典》]

作爲感嘆詞或誓言， Oh, Moses，1840年； Holy Moses，最早見於1877年。