About Yocheved
Hebrew Name
יוֹכֶבֶד
English Name
Yocheved
Phonetic Spelling
yo-KHE-ved
What does Yocheved mean?
God’s Honor
וַיִּקַּח עַמְרָם אֶת־יוֹכֶבֶד דֹּדָתוֹ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ אֶת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁה וּשְׁנֵי חַיֵּי עַמְרָם שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה׃ 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.
Description about Yocheved
Jochebed was the wife of Amram and mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
Attribute of Yocheved
Self-sacrificing, courageous, defiant.
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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