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مُوسَىٰ Moses in Arabic

مُوسَىٰ is how you say “Moses” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اِحْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَىٰ فَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ

Adam and Moses presented an argument, and Moses said:

مُوسَىٰ Moses

This proper name, Moses, is the second party joined by the 'and' before it, completing the pair in the dispute. Carried along by the verb's interactive sense, it stands as the other side of the exchange.

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اِحْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَىٰ فَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ

Adam and Moses presented an argument, and Moses said:

مُوسَىٰ Moses

This proper name, Moses, is named as the speaker of the coming words, the subject of 'said' that precedes it. It pins down which of the two disputants speaks first, fixing the voice for the quoted argument.

From Patience Under Decree

وَلَا مُوسَىٰ لَامَ آدَمَ أَيْضًا لِأَجَلِ الذَّنْبِ

Moses did not blame Adam because of the sin either.

مُوسَىٰ Moses

The proper name acting as the doer who did not blame — placed early as the topic so the sentence highlights 'Moses, of all people, did not …'. The name's fixed form doesn't change for case, which is typical of many borrowed prophetic names.

From Patience Under Decree

لِمُوسَىٰ بْنِ عِمْرَانِ

To Moses, son of Imran.

لِمُوسَىٰ to Moses

The preposition li- 'to' fused to a proper name, marking Moses as the one addressed, the recipient of the speech. The li- forces the name into the 'of' (genitive) ending, though on this particular name the ending is fixed and unchanging.

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