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About Yocheved

Hebrew Name

יוֹכֶבֶד

English Name

Yocheved

Phonetic Spelling

yo-KHE-ved
What does Yocheved mean?
God’s Honor

וַיִּקַּ֨ח עַמְרָ֜ם אֶת־יוֹכֶ֤בֶד דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙ ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וּשְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃

Amram took to wife his father's sister Yocheved, and she bore him Aharon and Moshe; and the span of Amram's life was 137 years.

me-ha-oF le-mi-NE-hu u-min ha-be-HE-ma le-mi-NAH, mi-KOL re-MES ha-a-da-MAH le-mi-NE-hu, sh'-NA-yim mi-KOL ya-BO-u e-LE-kha le-ha-KHA-yot

Exodus 6:20

Description about Yocheved
Jochebed was the wife of Amram and mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
Attribute of Yocheved
Self-sacrificing, courageous, defiant.
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Where is Yocheved in the Bible?
Exodus 2:1-10; Numbers 26:59
What did Yocheved do in the Bible?
Jochebed was the wife of Amram and mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses. When Pharaoh passed an edict that all baby boys be thrown into the Nile, Jochebed took brave action and hid her son, Moses, for three months. When she could no longer hide him, she lovingly placed him in a basket and set him in the Nile, where he was found and saved by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:1-10). According to the Sages, Jochebed was the midwife Shifra who courageously defied Pharaoh’s orders to kill the Jewish baby boys. Jochebed was also the daughter of Levi, born to him in Egypt (Numbers 26:59).
What does the Bible say about Yocheved?
Courageous

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