For Moses as nabi in Islamic holy scripture see Quran 19:51 (glossed by rasul "messenger"). For "nabi" in the Hebrew Scriptures see, for example, Numbers12:6–8. The word comes from a Semitic root meaning "to gush forth". For a survey of the philological evidence see G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 1998 pp.135ff.140f.
Cohen, Amnon (2006). "Al-Nabi Musa – an Ottoman festival (mawsim) resurrected?". In David J. Wasserstein; Ami Ayalon (eds.). Mamluks and Ottomans: Studies in Honour of Michael Winter. Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. pp. 34–44. ISBN041537278X. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
