The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםpursuedוַיִּרְדְּפוּand went inוַיָּבֹאוּafter them,אַחֲרֵיהֶםallכֹּלPharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהhorses,סוּסhis chariots,רִכְבּוֹand his horsemen,וּפָרָשָׁיוinto the midstאֶל תּוֹךְof the sea.הַיָּם
Exodus 14:23
Study it in the app“The Egyptians pursued and went in after them, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:23, word by word
- The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- pursuedיִּרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- and went inיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- horsesסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- his chariotsרִכְבּrichb
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “richb” appears- and his horsemenפָרָשָׁיfarashay
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashay” appears- into the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24In the morning watch, YHWH looked down on the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw into confusion the camp of the Egyptians.