Tzipporah Look. Look at your people, Moses. They are free.
3rd most-quoted character in The Prince of Egypt (1998): in 7 of its 46 quotes
Most scenes with: Moses (4)
Scenes with Tzipporah
7 scenes Tzipporah Tzipporah [Moses has fallen into Jethro's well]
What are you girls doing?
Sister
We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!
Tzipporah Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well that's one I've never heard before. [she looks down the well] Oh! Oh, my! Don't worry down there! We'll get you out! Hold on! [she sees it is Moses] You! [she lets go of the rope, nods and saunters away]
Sister
That's why papa says she'll never get married.
Well, that went well.
Just go away.
Could've been worse.
The weak link in the chain. That's what he called me.
Well, you are rather pathetic.
Irresponsible, ignorant of the traditions. He practically accused me of bringing down the dynasty!
Yeah, I can see it now. There go the pyramids! [laughs]
Statues cracking and toppling over, the Nile drying up; single-handedly, you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruin.
Tell me this, Moses, tell me this: why is it that every time you start something, I'm the one who ends up in trouble?
Oh!
Ah! Rameses, you're in trouble, young man!
Rameses, get down here! I think you owe us an apology!
Oh, my new thing!
I am so upset!
You'll pay for this!
We're going to tell the Pharaoh!
Hey, I figured it out. You know what your problem is, Rameses?
What?
You care too much.
And your problem is that you don't care at all.
Well, in that case, I supposed that you care a lot more than I do that we're...late for the banquet, for example.
[Rameses's face suddenly lights up in alarm as we cut to Rameses and Moses rushing to the banquet]
I'm done for! Father will kill me!
Don't worry, nobody will even notice us comin' in. [They enter, but the entire crowd sees them and cheers loudly]
"Nobody will even notice?"
Tuya
[Moses laughs nervously] [approaches them]
Ah, the young princes! [hugs her sons, then sides to her real son] Rameses, you were just named Prince Regent. You are now responsible for overseeing all the temples. I suggest you get over there and thank your father. [Rameses walks off] Apparently, Moses...someone thought he "just needed the opportunity".
[approaches Rameses and Seti]
My lord, Pharaoh! I propose that the high priests offer tribute to their new Regent!
An excellent idea! Hotep! Huy!
What?
The Midian girl...
Go get her. [Huy runs off. He addresses the guests and performs a magic spell] By the power of Ra! We present for your delectation and delight, an exotic apparition stolen from faraway lands. [a large box-like construction rises from the floor, revealing an attractive young woman named Tzipporah, riding a camel. Huy restrains her by her hands with a rope. Moses and Rameses are enthralled] We offer you this...delicate desert flower.
[Hotep yanks the rope, and Tzipporah is dragged off her camel, screaming. The crowd shouted in wild excitement. She fights against her restraints]
Let us inspect this "desert flower"... [Tzipporah tries to bites, his hand missed] Ehhg! More like a desert cobra.
Not much of a snake-charmer, are you?
Tzipporah [to Moses]
I won't be given to anyone, especially an arrogant, pampered palace brat!
[chuckles]
Are you gonna let her talk to you like that? [Tzipporah groans trying to the ropes off her wrists while Moses gets Rameses off of him]
Tzipporah But I am showing you all the respect you deserve. [pulls rope away from Hotep and Huy] None!
No, wait! Be still! [grabs the rope]
Tzipporah I demand you set me free!
Be still!
Tzipporah Let go!
[noticed the pond]
As you wish. [lets go of the rope, causing Tzipporah to scream and fall backwards into the pond]
[The crowd laughs. Moses joins in, but sees the queen looking on in disgust, and stops] [approaches, laughing; to the servants who lead Tzipporah out of the pond]
You there! Have her dried off, and sent to Prince Moses's chambers. [to Seti] If it pleases you, Father, my first act of Regent is to appoint Moses [places the blue ring on Moses' finger] as Royal Chief Architect!
[The crowd cheers. Moses smiles, then stares back at Tzipporah, who looks back at him in disgust, as she is led away]
Hey, wait. Please. [drags him on the ground, then he continues dragging on the ground, by sheep, then hitting by a well, then putting the face in the water, all wet, then the sheep spits water out, later a girl just shriek off-screen.]
Girl
What are you doing? Help! Let our sheep drink! Leave us alone! Get away! Stop it! My father's the high priest of Midian. You're going to be in big trouble.
Hey, you. Aren't these your camels? Hut-hut!
Man
No, no! No, no! [they both run to get the camels] Wait! Wait, stop!
Tzipporah [he lays on the ground, then falling in the well, then they all get Young Moses back up]
What are you girls doing?
Boy
We're trying to get the funny man out of the well.
Tzipporah Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well, that's one I've never heard before. [gasping] Oh, my. Oh, uh, don't worry down there! Uh, we'll get you out. Hold on!
Tzipporah [they all pull Young Moses back up]
You.
Huh?
Tzipporah [lets go of the well, falling in as retribution for what happened]
Mm-hmm. [walks away]
Girl
That's why papa says she'll never get married.
[they all wash Young Moses]
You don't have to do this. Ladies, please, I'm really... I'm really quite... No, not there, please. [laughing] That tickles. Ladies, you've cleaned every inch of me. Whoa, I... I was wrong.
Jethro
[the kids laugh]
Let me through. Let me through. I want to see him. Ah! You are most welcome. [hugs Young Moses] You should not be a stranger in this land. You have been sent as a blessing. And, tonight, you shall be my honored guest. [walks away, laughing]
Tzipporah My father, Jethro, high priest of Midian.
Jethrodiadah
[he walks outside of the tent, then looking at a fire] [to Moses]
Psst! Sit with me!
Alright. [sits down with Tzipporah's sisters and picks up the fruit and is about to eats it]
Ajolidoforah
[to Moses]
Psst! Not yet!
Oh, sorry. [puts the the fruit back into the bowl]
Jethro
My children! Let us give thanks for this bountiful food, and let us also give thanks for the presence of this brave young man whom we honor here tonight.
Please, sir, I wish you wouldn't. I've done nothing in my life worth honoring. [Tzipporah is surprised by these words. So is Jethro]
Jethro
First you rescue Tzipporah from Egypt, [pinches Tzipporah's cheek playfully] then you defend my younger daughters from brigands. [walks over and hugs Tzipporah's sisters] You think that is nothing? It seems you do not know what is worthy of honor. [singing] A single thread in a tapestry though its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose in a pattern of the grand design.
And the stone that that sits on the very top of the mountain's mighty face
Does it think it's more important than the stones that form the base?
So, how can you see what your life is worth or where your value lies?
You can never see through the eyes of man.
You must look at your life, look at your life through heaven's eyes.
Crowd
[singing]
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. La, la-la-la-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la. Lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-la.
Jethrodiadah
Dance with me.
No, I don't know how.
Jethro
[grabs the children, then clapping to the dancing beat, then they all pull up a tent] [singing]
A lake of gold in the desert sand is less than a cool, fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy is greater than the richest king
If a man loses everything he knows, has he truly lost his worth,
Or is it the beginning of a new and brighter birth?
So how do you measure the worth of a man in wealth or strength or size?
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
The answer will come, the answer will come to him who tries.
To look at his life through heaven's eyes!
And that's why we share all we have with you, though there's little to be found.
When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around.
No life can escape being blown out by the winds of change and chance.
And though you never know all the steps
Tzipporah Dance with me.
No, I... No. No!
Jethro
[singing]
You must learn to join the dance. You must learn to join the dance!
Crowd
[singing]
La-la-la, lee-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! So how do you judge what a man is worth by what he builds or buys,
You can never see with your eyes on earth!
Look through heaven's eyes!
Look at your life! Look at your life!
Look at your life through heaven's eyes!
Tzipporah But, Moses, you are just one man.
Tzipporah, please. [sighing] Look at your family.
They are free. They have a future. They have hopes and dreams and the promise of a life with dignity. That is what I want for my people. And that is why I must do the task that God has given me.
Tzipporah [the people walk with the sheep, then they hug]
I'm coming with you.
[singing]
Many nights we've prayed with no proof anyone could hear.
In our hearts a hopeful song, we barely understood.
Now we are not afraid. Although we know there's much to fear.
We were moving mountains long before we knew we could.
There can be miracles when you believe.
Though hope is frail. It's hard to kill.
Who knows what miracles you can achieve.
When you believe somehow you will.
You will when you believe.
Tzipporah [singing]
In this time of fear, when prayers so often proved in vain.
Hope seemed like the summer birds too swiftly flown away.
Yet now I'm standing here.
Tzipporah [singing]
With so heart so full I can't explain.
Both
[singing]
Seeking faith and speaking words I never thought I'd say.
There can be miracles when you believe.
Tzipporah [singing]
It's hard to kill.
Both
[singing]
Who knows what miracles you can achieve.
When you believe somehow you will.
You will when you believe.
Child
[singing]
!אָשִׁירָה לַאֲדֹנָי כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה (Ášiyráh laĂdonáy kiy-gáoh gááh! "I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously!")
!אָשִׁירָה לַאֲדֹנָי כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה (Ášiyráh laĂdonáy kiy-gáoh gááh! "I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously!")
?מִי-כָמֹכָה, בָּאֵלִים אֲדֹנָי (Miy-xámoxáh, báéliym Ădonáy? "Who is like you, O Lord among the gods?")
?מִי כָּמֹכָה, נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (Miy kámoxáh, neëddár baqqodeš? "Who is like you, glorious in holiness?")
Children
[singing]
!נָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ (Nájiyþá vjasddxá 'am-zuw gááltá! "In your unfailing love you will lead this people you have redeemed!")
!נָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ (Nájiyþá vjasddxá 'am-zuw gááltá! "In your unfailing love you will lead this people you have redeemed!")
!אָשִׁירָה, אָשִׁירָה, אָשִׁירָה (Ášiyráh, ášiyráh, ášiyráh! "I'll sing it, I'll sing it, I'll sing it!")
!אָשִׁירָה לַאֲדֹנָי כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה (Ášiyráh laĂdonáy kiy-gáoh gááh! "I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously!")
!אָשִׁירָה לַאֲדֹנָי כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה (Ášiyráh laĂdonáy kiy-gáoh gááh! "I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously!")
?מִי-כָמֹכָה, בָּאֵלִים אֲדֹנָי (Miy-xámoxáh, báéliym Ădonáy? "Who is like you, O Lord among the gods?")
?מִי כָּמֹכָה, נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (Miy kámoxáh, neëddár baqqodeš? "Who is like you, glorious in holiness?")
!נָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ (Nájiyþá vjasddxá 'am-zuw gááltá! "In your unfailing love you will lead this people you have redeemed!")
!נָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ (Nájiyþá vjasddxá 'am-zuw gááltá! "In your unfailing love you will lead this people you have redeemed!")
!אָשִׁירָה, אָשִׁירָה, אָשִׁירָה (Ášiyráh, ášiyráh, ášiyráh! "I'll sing it, I'll sing it, I'll sing it!")
Chorus
[singing]
There can be miracles when you believe!
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill!
Chorus
[singing]
Who knows what miracles you can achieve.
Chorus
[singing]
When you believe, somehow you will.
Now you will.
You will when you believe.
When you believe.
Tzipporah [singing]
You will.
Both
[singing]
Believe.
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