The JPS renders Numbers 12:1 as
Wikipedia notes
Earlier, in Exodus 6:25, we read
And the JPS commentary notes ...
And the great aunt of Phinehas was, of course, Phinehas. Interesting family.
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cu****e woman he had married: “He married a Cu****e woman!”
Wikipedia notes
The Kingdom of Kush ... was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, located at the Sudanese and southern Egyptian Nile Valley.
Earlier, in Exodus 6:25, we read
And Aaron’s son Eleazar took to wife one of Putiel’s daughters, and she bore him Phinehas.
And the JPS commentary notes ...
Putiel's The text assumes that he was well known although he is not otherwise mentioned. The name itself is a hybrid of Egyptian and Hebrew, meaning "the onewhom God has given."
Phinehas This name is also Egyptian and means "the Nubian/dark-skinned one."
Phinehas This name is also Egyptian and means "the Nubian/dark-skinned one."
And the great aunt of Phinehas was, of course, Phinehas. Interesting family.
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