Exodus 14:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”

Exodus 14:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:2617 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch

אֶתʾet—

יָדְךָyādəḵāHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְיָשֻׁבוּwəyāšuvûAnd turn

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

עַלʿalAbove

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

עַלʿalAbove

רִכְבּוֹriḵəbwōVehicle

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

פָּרָשָׁיוpārāšāywSteed

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדְךָyādəḵāHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְיָשֻׁבוּwəyāšuvûAnd turn

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

עַלʿalAbove

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

עַלʿalAbove

רִכְבּוֹriḵəbwōVehicle

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

פָּרָשָׁיוpārāšāywSteed

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