Exodus 14:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”

Exodus 14:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:2211 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בַּיַּבָּשָׁהbayabāšāhIn dry ground

וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters

לָהֶםlāhemTo

חֹמָהḥōmāhWall

מִימִינָםmîmînāmFrom right

וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָםûmiśəmōʾlāmAnd from dark

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

בַּיַּבָּשָׁהbayabāšāhIn dry ground

וְהַמַּיִםwəhamayimAnd the waters

לָהֶםlāhemTo

חֹמָהḥōmāhWall

מִימִינָםmîmînāmFrom right

וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָםûmiśəmōʾlāmAnd from dark

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