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But the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwalkedהָלְכוּon dry groundבַיַּבָּשָׁהin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sea,הַיָּםand the watersוְהַמַּיִםwere a wallחֹמָהto themלָהֶםon their rightמִימִינָםand on their left.וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָם
Exodus 14:29
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:29, word by word
- But the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- walkedהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- on dry groundיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
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- and the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- were a wallחֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- on their rightימִינָymina
right side
The right side.
Where else “ymina” appears- and on their leftשְּׂמֹאלָsemola
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semola” appears
The context
28The 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.
29 · This verse (above)
30So YHWH saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.