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Miriam
מרים הנביאה he ܡܪܝܡ (ܚܬܗ ܕܡܘܫܐ) arc Maria (Moysis soror) la
Sister of Moses and Aaron
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Miriam
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 7
Kinship in an account 5
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Amram human biblical character in Exodus, husband of Jochebed and father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam
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child of (child) Jochebed biblical figure, mother of Moses -
sibling of Aaron male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses -
sibling of Harun Islamic prophet -
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sibling of Moses Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
Family 2
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Texts
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
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Exodus
second book of the Bible -
Deuteronomy
fifth book of the Torah and Christian Old Testament -
Book of Numbers
fourth book of Bible -
Book of Micah
book in the Hebrew Bible -
First Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the first half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible
Also in films, games and series: The Prince of Egypt
Connections
How Miriam connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 4
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Azubah Wikimedia disambiguation page
- identified with Ephrath biblical character; wife of Caleb, mother of Hur (1 Chron. 2:19)
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identified with Mary the Jewess alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria - identified with Puah midwife that appears in the book Exodus (Exodus 1)
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
15 statements on this record
- 2 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 13 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Computed Worked out here, not stated by any source: 2 collection memberships. Each is marked where it is shown.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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