Moses: From the Greek Mosheh, "outdrawer, deliverer." Salmasius derives the name from the Coptic moousi, moou, "water," si, "from," or "to take or draw." Hones translates the name from the Egyptian moo, "water," and ouie, "taken or saved out of." Arabic, Moosa or Musa; Dutch, Moses; French, Moise; Greek, Moses; Hungarian, Mozes; Italian, Moise; Latin, Moses; Polish, Moyzesz; Spanish, Moyses; Swedish, Moses.

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