Bithiah (
Biṯyāh, literally "daughter of
Jah") was an
Egyptian princess, and a daughter of
Pharaoh according to Hebrew tradition. Although the name of her father is not stated in the
Hebrew Bible, she is said by Rabbinic
Midrash to be the daughter of one of the Pharaohs of the Exodus, (see
Pharaoh of the Exodus). The Bible and Midrash both assert that she was the foster mother of
Moses, having drawn him from the
Nile and bestowed upon him his name, which in Hebrew meant 'drawn out' .