Puah Who Wept and Watched Over Her Brother

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 164:6

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Another interpretation: [she was called Puah] because she would cry out [po'ah] and weep over her brother, as it is said, "And his sister stationed herself at a distance" (Exodus 2:4).

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