Miriam
Sign in to saveMiriam (, lit. ‘rebellion’) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Miriam
- Religious biography.image
- Miriam (Dalziels' Bible Gallery) MET DP835720.jpg
- Religious biography.image_size
- 250px
- Religious biography.caption
- Miriam and the Israelites celebrating their victory over Pharaoh and his army, by the Dalziels (Dalziels’ Bible Gallery) (1881), after a painting by Sir Edward John Poynter (1864).
- Religious biography.spouse
- No spouse/husband mentioned
- Religious biography.native_name
- מִרְיָם
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Religious biography.death_place
- Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, near Edom (aged 126 in Jewish traditions)
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- hbo
- Religious biography.nationality
- IsraeliteEgyptian
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Prophetess
- Saint.child
- yes
- Saint.feast_day
- Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Saint.venerated_in
- JudaismChristianityIslamSamaritanismRastafari
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Biblical narrative
- Interpretations and elaboration
- Cushite wife
- Alternative explanations
- The Well of Miriam
- Symbolism in modern practice
- Islamic account
- Veneration
- See also
- References
- External links
Miriam (, lit. ‘rebellion’) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess" and the Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt: "For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam". According to the Midrash, just as Moses led the men out of Egypt and taught them Torah, so too Miriam led the women and taught them Torah.