Did he ever stub his toe in the Palace, and say "Oy vey, am I a meshuganah?"
2007-06-12 10:29:33 · 11 answers · asked by Thomas Paine 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The history of those times and the relation of the Jews to the Egyptians is sketchy to say the least.
If you use and bellieve the bible then the Jews had a substantial population in Egypt. They were slaves so one could assume that their task masters and owners as well as Egyptian government officials would have had some knowledge of Hebrew in order to keep them in tow and an ear on their conversations. I'm sure many Hebrews would have spoken Egyptian as well.
Just for fun, do you remember the movie the mummy when the monster was coming up to strangle the little weasel of a double dealer. He tried communicating to save his life in Arabic...errrrr; English...errrrrrrrrrrrrr; French ERRRRRRRR!
then Hebrew.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh; the language of the slaves. Perhaps you will be of use to me! :)
Regards,
Michael Kelly
2007-06-12 10:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses was raised in a Hebrew household by his biological mother when, after finding him in a reed basket in the river, Pharaoh's daughter hired her to raise him for her. The princess didn't know she was his real mom. The Bible says that Moses was returned to Pharaoh's daughter "when the child grew up."
2007-06-12 17:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jordan Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never underestimate possibilities, the Hebrew salves would have learned to speak Egyptian and Moses could well have learned Hebrew simply because both had to exist with one another.
2007-06-12 17:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The royals had Hebrew slaves. It would have been necessary to be bi-lingual.
2007-06-12 17:52:41 · answer #4 · answered by ogphatboi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was cared for, "nannied" if you will, by his actual birth mother. She could easily have taught him Hebrew while raising him.
2007-06-12 17:36:20 · answer #5 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, considering that's Yiddish and not Hebrew, I doubt he said that.
2007-06-12 17:33:04 · answer #6 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, Tom P., you are a delight! I laughed for ten minutes!!
2007-06-12 17:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weren't all the other people around him Jewish as well? I think their language would've stuck.
2007-06-12 17:35:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you go Kallan,the same way Mexicans can talk English or be it any other nationalities
2007-06-12 17:36:16 · answer #9 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-06-12 17:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋