The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Moses, or Moyses, in the Egyptian tongue, signifies one taken or saved out of the water. Challoner.—Mo, signifies water in the Egyptian tongue; Mosse, “he drew out,” in Hebrew. Philo believes that the princess feigned him to be her own child. Moses denied that he was, and would not take advantage of this adoption, Hebrews 11:24. He was grown up, and had been well instructed by his parents, ver. 9. He afterwards became well versed in all the sciences, (Acts 7:22,) rejecting what was idle and superstitious. Josephus assures us he became a great conqueror. Calmet.
“Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.