Miriam

Prophetess
Miriam
Prophetess Miriam
מִרְיָם
	Miriam and the Israelites celebrating their victory over Pharaoh and his army, by the Dalziels (Dalziels’ Bible Gallery) (1881), after a painting by Sir Edward John Poynter (1864).
Venerated in	Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Samaritanism; Rastafari
Feast	Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Title	Prophetess; Righteous;
Personal life
Born	Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt
Died	Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, near Edom (aged 126 in Jewish traditions)
Nationality	Israelite; Egyptian
Spouse	No spouse/husband mentioned
Children	No children mentioned;
Parents	Amram (father); Jochebed (mother);
Relatives	Levi (grandfather); Aaron (brother); Elisheba (sister-in-law); Nadab (nephew); Abihu (nephew); Eleazer (nephew); Ithamar (nephew); Moses (brother); Zipporah (sister-in-law); Gershom (nephew); Eliezer (nephew);

Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם‎, romanized: Mīryām, lit. ‘rebellion’) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.

The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess" and the Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt: "For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam". According to the Midrash, just as Moses led the men out of Egypt and taught them Torah, so too Miriam led the women and taught them Torah.