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The enemyאוֹיֵבsaid,אָמַר‘I will pursue,אֶרְדֹּףI will overtake,אַשִּׂיגI will divideאֲחַלֵּקthe plunder;שָׁלָלmy soulנַפְשִׁיwill have its fill of them.תִּמְלָאֵמוֹI will drawאָרִיקmy sword;חַרְבִּיmy handיָדִיwill destroy them.’תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ
Exodus 15:9
Study it in the app“The 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:9, word by word
- The enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- ‘I will pursueאֶרְדֹּףerdof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “erdof” appears- I will overtakeאַשִּׂיגasig
overtake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “asig” appears- I will divideאֲחַלֵּקachalek
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “achalek” appears- the plunderשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafshi” appears- will have its fill of themתִּמְלָאֵtimlae
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “timlae” appears- I will drawאָרִיקarik
draw out
To draw the sword from its sheath, ready to strike.
Where else “arik” appears- my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- will destroy them.’תּוֹרִישֵׁtorishe
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “torishe” appears
The context
8By 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.