Exodus 14:16

“And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and split it, so that the sons of Israel may go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.”

Exodus 14:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 14:16, word by word

lift upהָרֵםharem

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

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your staffמַטְּmat

staff

A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.

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and stretch outנְטֵהnete

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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and split itבְקָעֵvekae

split

To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.

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so that the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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may goיָבֹאוּyavou

enter

To go into a place.

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into the midstתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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on dry groundיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha

dry land

What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.

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The context

15YHWH said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they move on.

16 · This verse (above)

17And I, look, I am making the heart of the Egyptians obstinate, so that they will go in after them; and I will gain glory over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.

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