And the seaוְהַיָּםyou dividedבָּקַעְתָּbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםand they passedוַיַּעַבְרוּthrough the midstבְתוֹךְof the seaהַיָּםon dry ground;בַּיַּבָּשָׁהand their pursuersוְ רֹדְפֵיהֶםyou threwהִשְׁלַכְתָּinto the depths,בִמְצוֹלֹתlikeכְּמוֹa stoneאֶבֶןinto mightyבְּ עַזִּיםwaters.מַיִם
Nehemiah 9:11
Study it in the app“And the sea you divided before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers you threw into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:11, word by word
- And the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- you dividedבָּקַעְתָּbakata
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “bakata” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- and they passedיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- through the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- on dry groundיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears- and their pursuersרֹדְפֵיrodfe
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfe” appears- you threwהִשְׁלַכְתָּhishlachta
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlachta” appears- into the depthsמְצוֹלֹתmetsolot
depths
The depths of the sea; also deep mire.
Where else “metsolot” appears- a stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- into mightyעַזִּיםazim
strong
Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.
Where else “azim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
10and you gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh and against all his servants and against all the people of his land, for you knew that they had acted with arrogance against them; and you made yourself a name, as it is this day.
11 · This verse (above)
12And with a pillar of cloud you led them by day, and with a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should go.