The biblical account of Moses' birth provides him with a folk etymology to explain the ostensible meaning of his name. He is said to have received it from the Pharaoh's daughter: "he became her son. She named him Moses (מֹשֶׁה "Mōšê"), saying, 'I drew him out (מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ "mǝšîtihû") of the water'." This explanation links it to the root משׁה "mšh", meaning "to draw out". The eleventh-century Tosafist Isaac b. Asher haLevi noted that the princess names him the active participle Drawer-out (מֹשֶׁה "Mōšê"), not the passive participle Drawn-out (נמשה "Nimšê"), in effect prophesying that Moses would draw others out (of Egypt); this has been accepted by some scholars.