Exodus 14:28

“The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, all the army of Pharaoh that had gone after them into the sea; not even one of them remained.”

Exodus 14:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 14:28, word by word

The watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “yashuvu” appears
and coveredיְכַסּוּyechasu

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

Where else “yechasu” appears
the chariotsרֶכֶבrechev

chariot

War chariots.

Where else “rechev” appears
and the horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim

horseman

A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.

Where else “parashim” appears
the armyחֵילchel

army

A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.

Where else “chel” appears
of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo

Pharaoh

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.

Where else “paro” appears
that had goneבָּאִיםbaim

enter

To go into a place.

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into the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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remainedנִשְׁאַרnishar

remain

To remain, what is left.

Where else “nishar” appears

The context

27Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned as morning appeared to its normal flow; and the Egyptians, fleeing, met it; and YHWH shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

28 · This verse (above)

29But the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left.

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