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Miriam

deity earth Jewish corroborated · 3

The Hand of Miriam is a name given to the hamsa in Jewish usage, specifically in Sephardi-Mizrahi contexts.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-100 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Midrashic and Targumic literature.

Relationships

co occurs with
river-god, serafim, Eleazar, Mary, Fatima
sibling of
Aaron
child of
Amram

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Hamsa
  2. Moses in Judeo-Hellenistic literature
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Aaron (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In Jewish usage it is also called the "Hand of Miriam" in Sephardi-Mizrahi contexts, or sometime hamesh (Hebrew "five").”

#20315 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“see Amram; Miriam”

#42113 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the name of Aaron’s sister Miriam appears in a genealogy of Caleb”

#43539 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free