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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Miriam

fem. proper name, biblical sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. xv:20), from Hebrew Miryam (see Mary).

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Miriam

Miriam , according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, was the elder sister of Moses by seven years and Aaron by four years, and the only daughter of Amram and Jochebed. She was a prophet and first appears in the Book of Exodus.

Miriam (disambiguation)

Miriam was the sister of Moses in the Bible.

Miriam or Myriam may also refer to:

Miriam (TV personality)

Miriam Rivera (born c. 1981) is a Mexican transsexual woman who appeared on the reality television shows There's Something About Miriam and Big Brother Australia 2004. Miriam has also worked as an adult model under the name Victoria and as a non-adult model.

Miriam (given name)

Miriam is an ancient female Hebrew given name that has taken on many other forms in other languages and cultures, including the English name Mary. __NOTOC__

Miriam (short story)

"Miriam" is a short story written by Truman Capote. It was originally published in the June 1945 issue of Mademoiselle. "Miriam" was one of Capote's first published short stories, and in 1946 it earned an O. Henry Award in the category Best First-Published Story.

Miriam (film)

Miriam is a 1957 Finnish drama film directed by William Markus. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

Usage examples of "miriam".

He never went past the pits at night, by the lighted lamp-house, the tall black headstocks and lines of trucks, past the fans spinning slowly like shadows, without the feeling of Miriam returning to him, keen and almost unbearable.

The last thing Miriam needs is the fanciful perspective of a sleep-deprived and overstressed husband.

In one of the silences, Miriam turned to Spence and asked him if he had seen Mr.

Bradshaw of Manchester, old acquaintances of the Spences and of Miriam.

But had it a connection with that curious surmise she had formed during the first hour of her conversation with the Spences, and with Miriam herself--that an unexpected intimacy was coming about between Miriam and Mallard?

On the following day, the Spences dined from home, and Miriam, who had excused herself from accompanying them, sat through the evening in their drawing-room.

With a miserable sense of humiliation, Miriam compared her own insignificant utterances and that bright, often brilliant, talk which held the attention of every one.

This, of course, will not do in the case of fools, but Miriam Baske, all appearances notwithstanding, did not belong to that category.

Miriam, as chief breadwinner, handles the finances with an efficiency Saul could never match.

Saul alternates between being relieved and appalled that life continues as it always has despite the fact that he and Miriam only see each other at dinner and then only if she arrives home in time to eat.

He has never felt so divided, wonders if Miriam has secretly intended a crash course in mind/body separation.

That both Candy and Melanie were nicely tanned, with obvious white patches of skin where their bikinis had covered their boobies and bottoms, seemed not to faze Miriam.

Miriam then loosened the ties of Melanie's camisole at the top, where it covered her boobies.

It wasn't, Miriam confessed that she could not get the caning cut o under thirty strokes.

After a century of subjective time, for both Michael and Miriam, the Cauchy would complete its circular tour and return to Jovian orbit, lost in Michael's future.