And I brought outוָאוֹצִיאyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםand you cameוַתָּבֹאוּto the sea;הַיָּמָּהand the Egyptiansוַ מִצְרַיִםpursuedיִּרְדְּפוּyour fathersאַחֲרֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםwith chariotsבְּרֶכֶבand with horsemenוּבְפָרָשִׁיםto the Seaיַםof Reeds.סוּף
Joshua 24:6
Study it in the app“And I brought out your fathers from Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Sea of Reeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:6, word by word
- And I brought outאוֹצִיאotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “otsi” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and you cameתָּבֹאוּtavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavou” appears- to the seaיָּמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears- and the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- pursuedיִּרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- with chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- and with horsemenפָרָשִׁיםfarashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashim” appears- of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought out you.
6 · This verse (above)
7And they cried out to YHWH, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and it covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness many days.