Isaiah 51:10

“Are you not the one who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?”

Isaiah 51:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 51:10, word by word

who dried upמַּחֲרֶבֶתmacharevet

dry up

To be left without water, a river, a sea or a spring.

Where else “macharevet” appears
the seaיָםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
the watersמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “me” appears
of the great deepתְּהוֹםtehom

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 “tehom” appears
of the great deepרַבָּהraba

great

Of great size or power; the one who stands out.

Where else “raba” appears
who madeשָּׂמָהsama

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “sama” appears
the depthsמַעֲמַקֵּיmaamake

depths

Depth, the deep places; said of the deep waters of the sea.

Where else “maamake” appears
a roadדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
for the redeemedגְּאוּלִיםgeulim

Redeemer

YHWH, who rescues his people.

Where else “geulim” appears
to cross overעֲבֹרavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “avor” appears

The context

9Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of YHWH; awake as in the days of old, the generations of the ages. Are you not the one who cut to pieces Rahab, who pierced the sea monster?

10 · This verse (above)

11And the ransomed of YHWH will return, and come to Zion with joyful shouting, and eternal gladness will be on their head; joy and gladness they will obtain; sorrow and sighing will flee.

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