Miriam the Prophetess

At the end of the Song at the Sea, we encounter Moses’ sister’s name for the first time in the Torah: Miriam. The Torah writes, “Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, picked up a timbrel and all the women went out after her in dance with timbrels. Miriam chanted for them, ‘Sing to Havayah for He has risen triumphantly; Horse and driver He has hurled into the sea.’” Though this is the first time the Torah mentions Miriam’s name explicitly, although the sages identify her with one of the two midwives appearing in the first chapter of Exodus, specifically with Pu’ah.