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He splitבָּקַעthe seaיָםand brought them through,וַיַּעֲבִירֵםand madeוַיַּצֶּבthe watersמַיִםstandיַּצֶּבlikeכְּמוֹa heap.נֵד
Psalms 78:13
Study it in the app“He split the sea and brought them through, and made the waters stand like a heap.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:13, word by word
- He splitבָּקַעbaka
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “baka” appears- the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and brought them throughיַּעֲבִירֵyaavire
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaavire” appears- and madeיַּצֶּבyatsev
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsev” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- a heapנֵדned
heap
Heap, wall: water that rises like a wall.
Where else “ned” appears
The context
12Before their fathers he did wonders in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
13 · This verse (above)
14And he led them with the cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.