For whenכִּיthe horsesסוּסof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwentבָאwith his chariotsבְּרִכְבּוֹand his horsemenוּבְפָרָשָׁיוinto the sea,בַּיָּםYHWHיְהוָהbrought backוַיָּשֶׁבthe watersאֶת מֵיof the seaהַיָּםupon them,עֲלֵהֶםbut the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwalkedהָלְכוּon dry groundבַיַּבָּשָׁהin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sea.הַיָּם
Exodus 15:19
Study it in the app“For when the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, YHWH brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:19, word by word
- the horsesסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- wentבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- with 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 seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- 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- brought backיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- 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
The context
18YHWH will reign forever and ever.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.