Moses
摩西（Moses）是希伯来先知和立法者的名字，中古英语 Moises，源自拉丁语，希腊语 Mouses，希伯来语 Mosheh，其起源不明。
Most scholars see in it the Hebraization of Egyptian mes, mesu 'child, son,' which is often used in theophorous names. According to this derivation the words of Pharaoh's daughter in Ex. 2:10, 'For out of the water I drew him' are not the explanation of the Hebrew name Mosheh, but express the idea that the Egyptian name given by Pharaoh's daughter resembles in sound, and therefore, reminds us of, the Hebrew verb mashah 'he drew out,' which is suggestive of the words spoken by Pharaoh's daughter. [Ernest Klein, "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language"]
大多数学者认为这是埃及 mes, mesu “孩子，儿子”的希伯来化，经常用于神名中。根据这种推导，出埃及记2:10中法老的女儿的话“我从水中把他取出来”并不是解释希伯来名字 Mosheh 的原因，而是表达了法老的女儿给出的埃及名字在发音上与希伯来动词 mashah “他取出”相似，因此让我们想起了法老的女儿所说的话。[Ernest Klein，《英语语言的综合词源词典》]
作为感叹词或誓言， Oh, Moses，1840年； Holy Moses，最早见于1877年。