Exodus
Exodus 14:15–16
15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. 16And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
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Exodus 14:15
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| Why | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| are you crying out | תִּצְעַ֖ק | tiṣ·‘aq | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H6817 cry, cry out, call |
| to Me | אֵלָ֑י | ’ê·lāy | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| Tell | דַּבֵּ֥ר | dab·bêr | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| the Israelites | בְּנֵי־ | bə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| to go forward | וְיִסָּֽעוּ׃ | wə·yis·sā·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey |
Exodus 14:16
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And as for you | וְאַתָּ֞ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| lift up | הָרֵ֣ם | hā·rêm | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
| your staff | מַטְּךָ֗ | maṭ·ṭə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4294 staff, rod, shaft |
| and stretch out | וּנְטֵ֧ה | ū·nə·ṭêh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| your hand | יָדְךָ֛ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| over | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the sea | הַיָּ֖ם | hay·yām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3220 sea |
| and divide it | וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּ | ū·ḇə·qā·‘ê·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H1234 cleave, break open or through |
| so that the Israelites | בְנֵֽי־ | ḇə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| can go | וְיָבֹ֧אוּ | wə·yā·ḇō·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| through | בְּת֥וֹךְ | bə·ṯō·wḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H8432 midst |
| the sea | הַיָּ֖ם | hay·yām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3220 sea |
| on dry ground | בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ | bay·yab·bā·šāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H3004 dry land, dry ground |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 14:15 Joshua 7:10 · Ezra 10:4–5 · Exodus 17:4 · Nehemiah 9:9
Exodus 14:16 Exodus 7:19 · Exodus 4:2 · Exodus 4:17 · Exodus 4:20 · Exodus 14:26 · Isaiah 10:26 · Exodus 7:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.