מִרְיָםMiryâm
Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses
Pronunciation: meer-yawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4813
Meanings
1. sister of Aaron (Exodus 15:20; Numbers 26:59; 1 Chronicles 5:29)
2. a Judahite (1 Chronicles 4:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
- Numbers 12:1 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
- Numbers 12:4 So immediately the Lord called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle, all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle.
- Numbers 12:5 Then the Lord descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle. “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.
- Numbers 12:10 As the cloud moved from above the Tabernacle, there stood Miriam, her skin as white as snow from leprosy. When Aaron saw what had happened to her,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).