Exodus 14:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.”

Exodus 14:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:2121 words

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

יָדוֹyādwōHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וַיּוֹלֶךְwaywōleḵəAnd walk

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בְּרוּחַbərûḥaIn spirit/wind

קָדִיםqādîmFore

עַזָּהʿazāhStrong

כָּלkālWhole

הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾet—

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לֶחָרָבָהleḥārāvāhTo desert

וַיִּבָּקְעוּwayibāqəʿûAnd cleave

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדוֹyādwōHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וַיּוֹלֶךְwaywōleḵəAnd walk

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בְּרוּחַbərûḥaIn spirit/wind

קָדִיםqādîmFore

עַזָּהʿazāhStrong

כָּלkālWhole

הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לֶחָרָבָהleḥārāvāhTo desert

וַיִּבָּקְעוּwayibāqəʿûAnd cleave

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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