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Miriam () was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, and the only daughter of Amram and Jochebed. She was a prophet and first appears in the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible. ==Biblical account== At her mother Yocheved's request, Miriam hid her baby brother Moses by the side of a river to evade the Pharaoh's order that newborn Hebrew boys be killed. She watched as the Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant and decided to adopt him. Miriam then suggested that the princess take on a nurse for the child, and suggested Yocheved; as a result, Moses was raised to be familiar with his background as a Hebrew. () Miriam was a prophetess who sang a victory song recorded briefly in the Bible as the shorter 'Song of the Sea' after Pharaoh's army was drowned in the Red Sea (). 〔(The prophetess of redemption )〕 :"Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; :Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea." It is considered by many that this poetic couplet is one of the oldest parts of the biblical account. She raised a Timbrel in her hand in joy. Later, she objected to the marriage of Moses to a Cushite woman, which made her guilty of speaking Lashon hara (gossiping, or speaking negatively about someone), for which she was struck with ''tzaraat''. After Aaron asked Moses to intercede for her, Moses uttered a five-word prayer: "O Lord, make her well," and she recovered within seven days. () A passage in Micah suggests she had one legacy with significant regard among later prophets: “And I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, and I sent before you Moses, and Aaron, and Miriam." () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miriam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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