Mosesמֹשֶׁהstretched outוַיֵּטhis handאֶת יָדוֹoverעַלthe sea,הַיָּםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהdrove backיּוֹלֶךְthe seaאֶת הַיָּםby a strongבְּ עַזָּהeastקָדִיםwindרוּחַallכָּלnightהַלַּיְלָהand madeוַיָּשֶׂםthe seaאֶת הַיָּםdry land,לֶחָרָבָהand the watersוַ הַמָּיִםwere split.יִּבָּקְעוּ
Exodus 14:21
Study it in the app“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.”
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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).
Where else “moshe” appears- stretched outיֵּטyet
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yet” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- drove backיּוֹלֶךְyolech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yolech” appears- by a strongעַזָּהaza
strong
Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.
Where else “aza” appears- eastקָדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and madeיָּשֶׂםyasem
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasem” appears- dry landחָרָבָהcharava
dry ground
Dry land, solid ground.
Where else “charava” appears- and the watersמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- were splitיִּבָּקְעוּyibaku
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “yibaku” appears
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.