Exodus 14:21

“Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and YHWH drove back the sea by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were split.”

Exodus 14:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 14:21, 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).

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stretched outיֵּטyet

stretch out

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

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his handיָדyad

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 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.

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drove backיּוֹלֶךְyolech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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by a strongעַזָּהaza

strong

Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.

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eastקָדִיםkadim

east

The direction where the sun rises.

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windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

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nightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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and madeיָּשֶׂםyasem

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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dry landחָרָבָהcharava

dry ground

Dry land, solid ground.

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and the watersמָּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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were splitיִּבָּקְעוּyibaku

split

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

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The context

20and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness, and it lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all night.

21 · This verse (above)

22The sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.

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