Person of Interest

    Miriam

    meaning: rebellion

    1


Birth Year:1368 BC 3

Death Year:1240 BC 3


Dictionary Summary:The sister of Moses and Aaron ([Ex. 2:4-10](/exod#Exod.2.4); [1 Chr. 6:3](/1chr#1Chr.6.3)). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus. She is called “the prophetess” ([Ex. 15:20](/exod#Exod.15.20)). She took the lead in the song of triumph after the passage of the Red Sea. She died at Kadesh during the second encampment at that place, toward the close of the wanderings in the wilderness, and was buried there ([Num. 20:1](/num#Num.20.1)). (See AARON; MOSES.) 2


Place of Birth

      Egypt - Region

      meaning: that troubles or oppresses; anguish

      1
    Father

      Amram

      meaning: an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn

      1

    Mother

      Jochebed

      meaning: glorious; honorable

      1

    Siblings

      Aaron

      meaning: a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength

      1

      Moses

      meaning: taken out; drawn forth

      1


    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Exod
      15.20 15.21 
    Num
      12.1 12.4 12.5 12.10 12.15 20.1 26.59 
    Deut
      24.9 
    1Chr
      6.3 
    Mic
      6.4 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

        1

        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

        2

        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

        3

        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.