Exodus 14:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.”

Exodus 14:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:2720 words

וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

יָדוֹyādwōHand

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לִפְנוֹתlip̄ənwōtTo turn

בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn

לְאֵיתָנוֹləʾêtānwōTo permanence

וּמִצְרַיִםûmiṣərayimAnd Mitsrajim

נָסִיםnāsîmFlit

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

וַיְנַעֵרwayənaʿērAnd tumble

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

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

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לִפְנוֹתlip̄ənwōtTo turn

בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn

לְאֵיתָנוֹləʾêtānwōTo permanence

וּמִצְרַיִםûmiṣərayimAnd Mitsrajim

נָסִיםnāsîmFlit

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

וַיְנַעֵרwayənaʿērAnd tumble

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

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