The Angel Beside Moses and the Mother Who Hid the Truth

Another interpretation: this is the angel who was accompanying him, for an angel is called na'ar [youth], as it is said, "Run, speak to that youth, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as unwalled towns" (Zechariah 2:8). "And she had compassion upon him" (Exodus 2:6): this teaches that when her maidens said to her, leave him, and she had set him down, the Holy One, blessed be He, cast compassion into her heart and she brought him back to her. "And she said, This is one of the children of the Hebrews" (Exodus 2:6): for through him Israel would one day say, "This is my God and I will glorify Him" (Exodus 15:2). "And the maiden went [ha-almah]" (Exodus 2:8): for she concealed [he'elimah] matters, that she did not say that she was his mother. "Take this child away" (Exodus 2:9): this teaches that she showed her all the limbs of Moses and said to her, See, and be careful with him, that you return him to me whole.