The watersוַ הַמַּיִםreturnedיָּשֻׁבוּand coveredוַיְכַסּוּthe chariotsאֶת הָרֶכֶבand the horsemen,וְאֶת הַפָּרָשִׁיםallלְכֹלthe armyחֵילof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהthat had goneהַבָּאִיםafter themאַחֲרֵיהֶםinto the sea;בַּיָּםnotלֹאevenעַדoneאֶחָדof themבָּהֶםremained.נִשְׁאַר
Exodus 14:28
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “baim” appears- into the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- 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.