Are you notהֲלוֹא אַתְּthe oneהִיאwho dried upהַמַּחֲרֶבֶתthe sea,יָםthe watersמֵיof the great deep;תְּהוֹם רַבָּהwho madeהַשָּׂמָהthe depthsמַעֲמַקֵּיof the seaיָםa roadדֶּרֶךְfor the redeemedגְּאוּלִיםto cross over?לַעֲבֹר
Isaiah 51:10
Study it in the app“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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.