This document is about Puah (Hebrew_Midwife). For other homonyms, please refer to the Puah document.
A midwife who, around the time Moses was born, disobeyed the command of the Pharaoh of Egypt to kill all Hebrew male infants, and instead saved them.
Exodus 1:15The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah.