Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the people,אֶל הָעָם“Do notאַלbe afraid.תִּירָאוּStand firmהִתְיַצְבוּand seeוּרְאוּthe salvationאֶת יְשׁוּעַתof YHWH,יְהוָהwhichאֲשֶׁרhe will workיַעֲשֶׂהfor youלָכֶםtoday;הַיּוֹםforכִּיthe Egyptiansאֶת מִצְרַיִםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou seeרְאִיתֶםtodayהַיּוֹםyou will neverלֹא עַד עוֹלָםsee themלִרְאֹתָםagain.תֹסִיפוּ עוֹד
Exodus 14:13
Study it in the app“Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the salvation of YHWH, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see them again.”
Moses to the people, with the Egyptians behind them: “YHWH will fight for you”CourageAt the sea, Moses tells the people to stand firm while YHWH fightsWaiting on God
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:13, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- be afraidתִּירָאוּtirau
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tirau” appears- Stand firmהִתְיַצְבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- the salvationיְשׁוּעַתyeshuat
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he will workיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- you will neverעוֹלָםolam
never
With "not": at no time.
Where else “olam” appears- againתֹסִיפוּtosifu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifu” appears
The context
12Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH will fight for you, and you will keep silent.”