Exodus 14:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.”

Exodus 14:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:1616 words

וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou

הָרֵםhārēmBe high

אֶתʾet—

מַטְּךָmaṭəḵāBranch

וּנְטֵהûnəṭēhAnd stretch

אֶתʾet—

יָדְךָyādəḵāHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וּבְקָעֵהוּûvəqāʿēhûAnd cleave

וְיָבֹאוּwəyāvōʾûAnd go

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בַּיַּבָּשָׁהbayabāšāhIn dry ground

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou

הָרֵםhārēmBe high

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַטְּךָmaṭəḵāBranch

וּנְטֵהûnəṭēhAnd stretch

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדְךָyādəḵāHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וּבְקָעֵהוּûvəqāʿēhûAnd cleave

וְיָבֹאוּwəyāvōʾûAnd go

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בַּיַּבָּשָׁהbayabāšāhIn dry ground

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