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By the breathוּבְרוּחַof your nostrilsאַפֶּיךָthe watersמַיִםpiled up;נֶעֶרְמוּthe streamsנֹזְלִיםstood upנִצְּבוּlikeכְמוֹa heap;נֵדthe deepsתְהֹמֹתcongealedקָפְאוּin the heartבְּלֶבof the sea.יָם
Exodus 15:8
Study it in the app“By the breath of your nostrils the waters piled up; the streams stood up like a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:8, word by word
- By the breathרוּחַruach
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruach” appears- of your nostrilsאַפֶּיape
nose
The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.
Where else “ape” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- piled upנֶעֶרְמוּneermu
be heaped up
Be piled up. It occurs only in Exodus 15:8.
Where else “neermu” appears- the streamsנֹזְלִיםnozlim
stream
Streams of water that run over the land.
Where else “nozlim” appears- stood upנִצְּבוּnitsvu
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “nitsvu” appears- a heapנֵדned
heap
Heap, wall: water that rises like a wall.
Where else “ned” appears- the deepsתְהֹמֹתtehomot
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehomot” appears- congealedקָפְאוּkafu
congeal
Curdle, thicken as something that freezes.
Where else “kafu” appears- in the heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
The context
7In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow those who rise against you; you send out your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble.
8 · This verse (above)
9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the plunder; my soul will have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’